I am having an excel sheet to track the watched episodes.
I want if checkboxes besides episodes 1,2,3 of season1 are checked automatically the checkbox besides season1 should be checked and similar should happen with season2 episodes once the episodes besides it are checked.
Note: I am new to excel checkboxes.
Thanks & Regards,
Parth.
One way to do it:
For the episode checkboxes:
Right-clicking a checkbox will get you to the Format Control options.
On the Control tab link each episode checkbox to a separate cell.
On the Protection tab make sure the checkbox aren't protected.
For the season checkboxes:
Link the checkbox to a cell.
Make sure the checkbox is protected.
In the linked cell enter the formula: =AND(C5:C7) where C5:C7 are the linked cells for the episodes.
This formula will return TRUE when each of the referenced cells is TRUE, or FALSE otherwise. This will then be reflected in the checkbox.
Protect the sheet otherwise checking the season checkbox will overwrite the formula.
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I am trying to figure out if it is possible to check or uncheck a checkbox based on a value in a cell.
I have a userform that gets filled out and adds new lines on a worksheet with the relevant information gathered from the userform. I want to be able to search for a particular entry and fill out a neat created form on a excel worksheet (not a userform) using the gathered information. In this form I want to use checkboxes instead of cells to keep it neat and professional.
The reason I am doing this into a worksheet form instead of a userform is to be able to print the form into a PDF document. As far as I am aware it is not possible to print a userform into a PDF document.
If it is working the worksheet form should have checkboxes checked if TRUE is found in the cell from that particular data entry. I can't link a specific cell since it needs to find the correct cell based on the search entry.
Following on the comments... #Tom is correct, you can simply link the combobox to the cell in question.
Insert combobox:
Then simply enter the cell reference in the formula bar you want to link it to. Namely:
I'm wanting to have a an excel spreadsheet automatically fill in a dropdown selection based on a previous dropdown.
Basically i have a spreadsheet that allows me to pick colours of items from basic dropdown lists each row has its own dropdown. Often the colours are the same so would like it to automatically fill in the next rows colour the same as the previous lines for me?
anyone have any ideas? Can't seem to find much on only filling out the dropdown? Also is there a method to fill out all dropdowns simultaniously?
Thanks
There are two approaches to this depending on what you mean by 'drop-down'.
If you are using a 'form control' drop-down then you have the option under right-click>Format Control... to specify a cell whose value will be set when you change the drop-down selection. You can then use this value to affect other areas of your spreadsheet.
If your drop-down is done using the 'Data Validation' then it will only affect the cell you have put it in. In this case you will have to turn to VBA.
For this you would use the Worksheet_Change event and an If statement checking that the Target is the drop-down cell, then you can code the filling in of your other dropdowns. Check out this microsoft guide for triggering VBA from cell changes.
I have used VBA code to hide some rows. These rows are hidden when I click a check box.
The problem I have now is - the check boxes associated with each row will not hide. This also interferes with my original VBA code to hide the rows and stops working. I would like to hide these check boxes with the rows.
Please can you advise?
You need to set the checkboxes to "Move and Size With Cells." The last time I did this, with Excel 2003 it was easy: just right-click, choose "Properties" and choose that option. Now if you try that you'll see the option, but it's disabled:
So instead you need to access the more modern-looking format menu in Excel 2007 onwards. I did it by clicking the little "more" arrow on the Drawing Tools tab's Format group. For some reason it's enabled there. Once you set it your checkbox will hide with its row:
I have a excel sheet with package(column)/feature(row) selection matrix. I used check box form control (Developer tab) in individual cell to let customer select what feature goes in what product. All is working fine.
Now I want to lock this sheet for accidental modification.
I tried protect sheet however the check box still open for selection or deselection.
How can I protect check box to get selected or deselected accidentally (password required for modification)?
Sorry not allowed to attach a image here...
Make sure the checkbox is linked to a cell:
Right click the checkbox > Format Control > Control > Cell link
Have the cell the checkbox refers to locked, do this my changing the protection properties of the cell itself:
Right click in the cell > Protection > untick Locked > press OK
Now protect the worksheet.
This should stop any editing of the checkbox control
format text in cell to have the same text color as the background color and you dont see th etrue or false but it is still there to be used in look ups etc.
I have a workbook that has many checkboxes (form control) on one tab. I check the box (Yes/No/NA) based on values in other tabs,. The tab with the checkboxes, is a form that was created, that needs to be printed, but the users cannot click any of the boxes because these decisions are driven by formulas.
I have locked the workbook & unchecked all the boxes in the popup.
So the question is, how do I prevent all the check boxes from being clicked/checked??
AHIA,
LarryR...
For a Form Control:
Right-click and select Format Control...
Select the Protection tab.
Make sure that Locked is checked
Select the Control tab.
Choose a cell in the Cell Link field.
Press OK.
Right-click on the cell that you referenced in step 5.
Select Format Cells...
Select the Protection tab.
Make sure that Locked is checked.
Select Hidden if you don't want users to see it.
Press OK.
Right-Click on the Worksheet Tab
Select Protect Sheet
Make sure that Protect worksheet and contents of locked cells is checked.
That should do it!
Protect the cells with the check-boxes, and when you click on protect Sheet uncheck the Select locked cells from the list of what the users are allowed to do after the document is locked; that way they'll be able to see but not click on those cells.
Got the same issue and ive solved the issue by right click on the sheets and there is a grouping selection, ungroup it and the checkbox works again.