How to Make Checkboxes in Excel – Tutorial

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Excel tutorial on how to make checkboxes in Excel. In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to add checkboxes to Excel spreadsheets to make a task list.

You can add checkboxes when making to-do lists, task lists, chore lists, multiple choice questions or when you want to create interactive forms where someone has to check off options.

In the Excel checkbox example in this video, we’ll create checkboxes for a task list. We’ll show 2 ways to create interactive checkboxes in Excel. We’ll:

1. Make checkboxes labeled with the task name and
2. Create checkboxes with no labels that can be used alone

Uses for Checkboxes:

Personal uses – you can add interactive checkboxes to make to-do lists, chore lists, task lists and more!

Work / School uses – you can add check boxes to create an interactive form, a multiple choice test, an interactive quiz, checklists and more! And, adding interactive check boxes can help your files look more professional.