Checkboxes are a great way to track productivity, indicate choices, vote for changes, etc. If you are creating spreadsheets and you wish to add checkboxes to them, you can easily do so without issues. This tutorial will address this and show you how to add checkboxes in Microsoft Excel. These little boxes are very useful and make tasks quicker.

Add Checkboxes in Microsoft Excel

The first thing you should do is add the developer tab in the excel ribbon, and from here, you can quickly add checkboxes to excel.

Developer Tab

To add the Developer tab, follow the steps below:

Step-1: Open Microsoft Excel.

Step-2: Hover your cursor on the Excel ribbon and right-click. Select Customize the Ribbon.

Step-3: Ensure that you are in Customize Ribbon tab from the left pane and ensure that the Main tabs option is selected from the Customize the Ribbon drop-down menu.

Step-4: Locate the Developer checkbox and select it. Now press OK.

Add Checkboxes in Microsoft Excel Using Developer Tab

Click on the Developer tab.

In the Controls section, locate Insert and click on the small downward arrow.

Select the Checkbox icon.

Your cursor will change into a plus icon, and you can use it to add a checkbox anywhere you like. Click the cursor and drag it to ‘draw’ the checkbox.Now change the default name ‘Check box 1’ and name it anything you like. You can even leave it blank.

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