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Create a Conditional Formatting rule 1. Select the rows you need to highlight with checkboxes, then click Conditional Formatting > New Rule under the Home tab.

First add the check box, right click on it and pick the "Control" tab. In the "Cell link:" window enter a cell in the row you want to change color (like cell A1). When you do that, cell A1 will say "TRUE" if the check box is checked, "FALSE" if it isn't checked.

Use Conditional Formatting With a CheckboxSelect the data range and in the Ribbon, go to Home > Conditional Formatting > New Rule.In the Rule Type menu, (1) select Use a formula to determine which cells to format.In the Format Cells window, (1) select a color (e.g., light blue) and (2) click OK.More items...

Use Conditional Formatting With a Checkbox In Excel, you can use a checkbox to control whether or not conditional formatting should be applied. For the following example, you have the data below in Column B and a checkbox linked to cell C2.

How to highlight cell or row with checkbox in Excel?Highlight cell or row with checkbox with Conditional Formatting.Link all check box to a specified cell.You need to insert checkboxes into cells one by one manually by clicking Developer > Insert > Check Box (Form Control).More items...

Select the cell you need to change its value (here I select A1), then enter formula =IF(C2,"Test","") into the Formula Bar, and press the Enter key. See screenshot: Note: In the formula, C2 is the linked cell of the check box 1, Test is the value you need to display in cell A1 when the check box is checked.

You have formatted the cells as Text. Once you select a check box the cell shows the text value of "TRUE" rather than the check box with a logical value of TRUE. Simply reformat the cells to automatic and the checkboxes appear again.