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.

Adding a Check Box When you switch to the Developer tab in the Microsoft Excel Ribbon and locate the Controls group, you can click on the "Insert" item to open its drop-down menu.

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.

If you're looking for how to insert a tick symbol (otherwise known as a check mark or checkmark) into Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, you've come to the right place.

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.