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Albert

How do I put a check mark box in an excel document form?
 
I'm creating a form with excel and would like to have checkboxes that the
user can click on to have a check appear (or disappear).

Sloth

How do I put a check mark box in an excel document form?
 
View-Tollbars-Forms
will bring up the "Forms" toolbar. There is a checkbox there you can use.
Click on the checkbox button and then click in the sheet area. When you want
to edit the checkbox, right click it.

"Albert" wrote:

I'm creating a form with excel and would like to have checkboxes that the
user can click on to have a check appear (or disappear).


Dave Peterson

How do I put a check mark box in an excel document form?
 
Not quite what you asked, but I find this technique pretty easy...

Select the range
Format|cells|number tab|custom category
In the "type:" box, put this:
alt-0252;alt-0252;alt-0252;alt-0252

But hit and hold the alt key while you're typing the 0252 from the numeric
keypad.

It should look something like this when you're done.
ü;ü;ü;ü
(umlaut over the lower case u separated by semicolons)

And format that range of cells as Wingdings.

Now, no matter what you type (spacebar, x, anyoldtextatall), you'll see a check
mark.

Hit the delete key on the keyboard to clear the cell.

If you have to use that "checkmark" in later formulas:

=if(a1="","no checkmark","Yes checkmark")

=counta(a1:a10)
would tell you how many "checkmarks" you have in A1:A10.

And you can always filter for that funny character.

Albert wrote:

I'm creating a form with excel and would like to have checkboxes that the
user can click on to have a check appear (or disappear).


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Dave Peterson


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