Knowing how to make checkboxes in Excel 2011 for Mac is a handy bit of know-how. Check boxes appear in all kinds of forms, such as surveys and questionnaires, where you choose from multiple answers. In Excel 2011 for Mac, each check box control is linked to a cell on your worksheet.
To make a check box in Excel 2011 for Mac, take these steps:
Mar 19, 2020 Well, I can't comment on what they may have sent you to, but the first point they should have clarified is that a check box can't be added to a cell in any version of Excel. What you can do is draw Check Box Form Fields on a worksheet which can be linked to a cell. That will return either True checked or False unchecked in the linked cell.
When the check box control is selected, the linked cell’s value is TRUE. When the control is deselected, the linked cell’s value is FALSE. You can set the initial value in the Format Control dialog. If you choose an initial setting of Mixed, the linked cell’s value displays #N/A until the check box is clicked in the form.
The default text when you make a check box is its official name, which will be something like Check Box 4. Change the default text by clicking into the text inside the control and then dragging over the text to select it. Then type replacement text. Typing replacement text to display does not change the control’s name.
This short tutorial explains different ways to add, use and remove strikethrough format in Excel desktop, Excel Online and Excel for Mac.
Excel is great for manipulating numbers, but it does not always make clear how to format text values the way you want. Strikethrough is a vivid example.
It is super easy to cross out text in Microsoft Word - you simply click the strikethrough button on the ribbon. Naturally, you'd expect to see the same button on the Excel ribbon. But it's nowhere to be found. So, how do I strikethrough text in Excel? By using any of the six methods described in this tutorial :)
How to strikethrough in Excel
To ensure that everyone is on the same page, let's define the term first. What does it mean to strikethrough in Excel? Simply, to put a line through a value in a cell. There are a handful of different ways to do this, and we are going to begin with the fastest one.
Excel strikethrough shortcut
Want to have the job done as quickly as possible? Press a hotkey or key combination.
Here's the keyboard shortcut to strikethrough in Excel: Ctrl + 5
The shortcut can be used on an entire cell, certain part of the cell contents, or a range of cells.
To apply the strikethrough format to a cell, select that cell, and press the shortcut:
To draw a line through all values in a range, select the range:
To strikethrough non-adjacent cells, select multiple cells while holding the Ctrl key, and then press the strikethrough shortcut:
To cross out part of the cell value, double-click the cell to enter the Edit mode, and select the text you want to strikethrough:
Apply strikethrough via cell format options
Another quick way to draw a line through a cell value in Excel is by using the Format Cells dialog. Here's how:
Add a strikethrough button to Quick Access Toolbar
If you think that the above method requires too many steps, add the strikethrough button to the Quick Access Toolbar to always have it at your fingertips.
Look at the upper left corner of your worksheet again, and you will find the new button there:
Put a strikethrough button onto Excel ribbon
If your Quick Access Toolbar is reserved only for the most frequently used commands, which strikethrough is not, place it onto the ribbon instead. As with QAT, it's also one-time setup, performed in this way:
You can now cross out text in Excel with a single button click! And it will also remind you the keyboard shortcut in case you forget it :)
Tip. By using Up and Down arrows in the Excel Options dialog box, you can move your custom group with the Strikethrough button to any position on the ribbon:
How to strikethrough automatically with conditional formatting
In case you are planning to use a strikethrough to cross out the completed tasks or activities in a checklist or to-do list, you may want Excel to do it for you automatically as you enter some text in a related cell, for example 'done':
The task can be easily accomplished with Excel Conditional Formatting:
Instead of defining a task status with text, you can insert checkboxes, link them to some cells (which you can hide later) and base your conditional formatting rule on the value in the linked cells (TRUE is a checkbox is checked, FALSE if not checked).
As the result, Excel will check off the completed tasks automatically depending on whether the checkbox is selected or not.
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If you'd like to create something similar in your worksheets, the detailed steps can be found here: How to create a checklist with conditional formatting.
Add strikethrough with a macro
If you are not allergic to using VBA in your Excel worksheets, you can apply strikethrough on all selected cells with this line of code:
The step-by-step instructions on how to insert VBA code in Excel can be found here.
How to use strikethrough in Excel Online
In Excel Online, the strikethrough option is exactly where you'd expect to find it - next to the other formatting buttons on the Home tab, in the Font group:
However, there's a fly in the ointment - it's not possible to select non-adjacent cells or ranges in Excel Online. So, if you need to cross out multiple entries in different parts of your sheet, you will have to select each cell or a range of contiguous cells individually, and then click the strikethrough button.
The strikethrough shortcut (Ctrl + 5) works perfectly in Excel Online too and is often the fastest way to toggle the strikethrough formatting on and off.
How to strikethrough in Excel for Mac
A quick way to strikethrough text in Excel for Mac is by using this keyboard shortcut: ⌘ + SHIFT + X
It can also be done from the Format Cells dialog in the same way as in Excel for Windows:
How to remove strikethrough in Excel
The correct way to remove strikethrough from a cell depends on how you've added it.
Remove strikethrough added manually
If you applied strikethrough via a shortcut or cell format, then press Ctrl + 5 again, and the formatting will be gone.
A longer way would be opening the Format Cells dialog (Ctrl + 1) and unchecking the Strikethrough box there:
Remove strikethrough added with conditional formattingMs Excel Checkbox In Cell
If strikethrough is added by a conditional formatting rule, then you need to remove that rule to get rid of strikethrough.
To have it done, select all the cells from which you want to remove strikethrough, go to the Home tab > Styles group, and click Conditional Formatting > Clear Rules > Clear Rules from Selected Cells:
If some other conditional formatting rule(s) is applied to the same cells and you'd like to keep that rule, then click conditional Formatting > Manage Rules… and delete only the strikethrough rule.
For more information, please see How to delete conditional formatting rules in Excel.
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That's how you can add and remove the strikethrough formatting in Excel. I thank you for reading and hope to see you on our blog next week!
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