How do I reference a checkbox in Excel VBA?

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How do I reference a checkbox in Excel VBA?

In order to insert a Checkbox in the Worksheet, you need to go to the Developer tab, click Insert and under ActiveX Controls choose Check Box:

  1. Image 1. Insert a Checkbox in the Worksheet.
  2. Image 2. Change Checkbox Properties.
  3. Image 3. Get a selected value from the Checkbox in VBA.
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How do I code a checkbox in Excel?

In Excel 2007, click the Microsoft Office button > Excel Options > Popular > Show Developer tab in the Ribbon.

  1. To add a check box, click the Developer tab, click Insert, and under Form Controls, click .
  2. Click in the cell where you want to add the check box or option button control.

How do I read a checkbox value in Excel?

Make checkbox checked based on cell value with formula

  1. After inserting the check box (Form Control), select it and link it to a specified cell C2 by entering =C2 into the Formula Bar.
  2. Select the lined cell (C2), then enter formula =IF(A2=”Test”,TRUE,FALSE) into the Formula Bar, and then press the Enter key.

What is an ActiveX checkbox?

ActiveX checkboxes are one of the two types of checkboxes you can add directly to your worksheet. The ActiveX checkboxes are located under ActiveX Controls on the Developer Tab > Insert menu: ActiveX Checkboxes.

How do I make a macro for a checkbox?

Assign the Macro to a Check Box

  1. Right-click the check box in cell B4, so the pop-up menu appears (if the Move/Copy popup appears, try right-clicking again)
  2. Click the Assign Macro command.

How do I use ActiveX controls in Excel?

Add an ActiveX control

  1. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Insert, and then under ActiveX Controls, select a control, or click More Controls to view all the available ActiveX controls, and then select a control.
  2. Click the worksheet location where you want the ActiveX control to appear.

How do you I increase the size of the form control checkbox?

Right-click the selection, and then click Format Control. On the Size tab, enter measurements for the height and width of the control, or click the up or down arrow keys to move the height and width.

How do I check if a box is checked in Excel?

Link the Check Boxes to Cells If you want to use the check box result in a formula, follow these steps to link it to a cell: To select a check box, press the Ctrl key, and click on the check box. Click in the Formula Bar, and type an equal sign =