Formating a cell to auto populate

[Aldo]

We are trying to set up an excel spreadsheet that has several check boxes and
we want to set it up to populate the box with an "X" when a user clicks or
double clicks on the cell. How can we accomplish this? Any help will be
appreciated.

 

[Gary''s Student]

This coding is for cells B1 thru B10, modify it to suit your needs:

Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As
Boolean)
Set r = Range("B1:B10")
If Intersect(Target, r) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
Target.Value = "X"
Cancel = True
End Sub


Because it is worksheet code, it is very easy to install and use:

1. right-click the tab name near the bottom of the window
2. select View Code - this brings up a VBE window
3. paste the stuff in and close the VBE window

If you save the workbook, the macro will be saved with it.


To remove the macro:

1. bring up the VBE windows as above
2. clear the code out
3. close the VBE window

To learn more about macros in general, see:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

To learn more about Event Macros (worksheet code), see:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/event.htm