Checkboxes

Put checkboxes in a column, tick them with a click, and count how many are ticked or still left.

Confident · 8 min · 11 steps

In this lesson

  • A checkbox is a box you click in a cell.
  • Because it holds TRUE or FALSE, a formula can read it, and the result updates with every click.
  • Count the ticked boxes with COUNTIF and TRUE.

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Make a dropdown list

Give a column a dropdown of fixed choices, pick from it, and stop anything else from being typed.

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Skill
Dropdowns and validation
Stage
Confident

Where it sits in Dropdowns and validation 7 lessons

And 1 more, up to Prevent duplicate entries. See the whole skill

The steps

11 steps: 3 explanations, 6 Do this, 2 questions, then Your turn.

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Make a dropdown list

Give a column a dropdown of fixed choices, pick from it, and stop anything else from being typed.

Confident · 7 min · Free, with no sign-up

Do the free lesson on your computer.

Send yourself the link and open it on a laptop or desktop.

On your computer, go tolearnford.com/go/NA3B