Regardgin check boxes in an excel column

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vikramjparekh

Hi all,

I have a simple doubt which I hope should be easy for you guys. I want
to make a cloumn in Excel with all entires having a check box for
yes/no. I find nothing in excel that will do this.

Alternatively, I can even do with restricitng the user to put just
"yes" or "no" and "Y" or "N". I tried putting this into the data
validation tab but it doesn't seem to work too.

Can anybody help me out?

Vikram
 
Saved from an earlier post:

Maybe just give the cells a custom format.

Format the cells by:
selecting them
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")

You can just see if the cell is empty.
 
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