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.

You can manage your company's accounting by using Excel to create a trial balance sheet and to post entries.

Excel will construct a data entry form, like the one shown in Figure H. Figure H Many users find a data entry form easier to use than entering data directly into a worksheet.

By creating a well-structured results sheet, you can ensure that all data is easily accessible and ready for analysis. Constructing a Fully Automated Excel Data Entry Form Watch this video on YouTube.

Spreadsheet software is supposed to make life easier, not torture you with endless hours of data entry. Before you curse Excel and wish that you were working back in the good old days of paper ...

Not everyone is familiar with Excel. You can protect the data input process by using Excel's UserForm object to collect data. Susan Harkins explains how.

The use of a data-entry form makes data entry faster and more efficient because you don’t have to go to multiple different cells to enter data, row by row.