A check mark box in an Excel spreadsheet is handy for ticking off items, but it can go much further. Excel check boxes can trigger calculations and provide visual indicators.

Now we are going to insert the check boxes. Select a cell. On the Developer tab, click the Insert button in the Controls group, then click the Check Box from the Form Controls group in the menu.

We explain how to insert Bullets to Text Box in an Excel spreadsheet. The Bullet feature is not available in Microsoft Excel by default; you have to enable it.

A check box in Excel can use either Excel's form controls or ActiveX controls for formatting. Form controls offer simple formatting, as well as the ability to add a check box to a chart sheet or ...