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.

To enable the Developer tab, open Excel and go to the File menu. From there, select Options, then Customize Ribbon. In the right pane of the dialog box that appears, check the Developer box.

Learn how to add, configure and use checkboxes in Excel to create interactive task lists and trigger formatting without relying on macros.