In order to use the Camera tool, we must first add it to the Command Bar.  There is a well documented tutorial on adding items to the command bar already available on Excelbuddy.com.  Click Here to review that tutorial.

The method below will work on previous versions of Excel.

1. Select View > Toolbars > Customize
2. Select Command Tab, On the Customize dialog
3. Scroll down to the Camera Icon
4. Drag the Camera icon to your target toolbar

How to use the Camera Tool

1. Start by selecting a range of cells.
2. Next, click the Camera Icon.
3. Click anywhere in the excel spreadsheet to paste the image. You can paste on multiple sheets.

Video Demonstration

Unknown to many excel users, you can easily set up check boxes in Excel. You can use these check boxes to total a list of data by selecting various boxes.

The following Excelbuddy.com video demonstrates what this tutorial will accomplish.

The following tutorial will show you how to accomplish this task by creating an auto-totaling grocery list.

Lets Begin: Add the Developer Tab

1. First, we need to make sure the developer tab is displayed. Click the Microsoft logo in the upper left .
2. Next, click the “Excel Options” button.
3. Next, click the box for “Show the Developer tab in the Ribbon”
4. Now click “OK” – Not sure why I typed this step, but oh well!

How to make an auto-totaling grocery list using Check Boxes

The following example will show how to make an auto-totaling grocery list. The steps in this example can be adapted to fit a multitude of other applications. The files used in this tutorial are available at the bottom of this post. If you have any questions, please comment.

1. Start off with a list as shown below.
   
2. Next, goto to the “Developer Tab.”
   
3. Click “Insert”
   
   
4. Then click “Check box (Form Control)”
   
5. Once selected, the mouse will turn into a “+” sign. Click around Cell D4.
6. To Edit/Move the check box, you must right click with your mouse. Using the arrow keys, you can easily align the check box with column “D.”
   
7. To removed “Check Box 1,” right click and deleted the text.
8. Right click again on the Check Box and select “Format Control”
   
9. In the “Format Control” box, enter cell “$C$3″ in the cell link box and hit “OK”
   
10. Deselect the check box by click outside of the highlight box.
11. Click the box. Once clicked, you will now see the word “True” in Cell C3. Remove the check and the word “False” is displayed.
    
12. Now comes the fun part. Enter the following formula into cell “E3.”
    • =SUMIF(C3:C3,TRUE,B3:B3)
13. If the check box is selected, the dollar amount in displayed in “Column E”
    
14. If the check box is not selected, the dollar amount in not displayed in “Column E”
    
15. Now, repeat steps 3 – 12 for the remainder of the list.
    
16. Now use the AutoSum function to count the selected items in the grocery list from column “E”
    
17. To make the Grocery List more aesthetically pleasing, hide columns “C” and “E”
    

That sums up the basic introduction into the world of check boxes in Excel. Hopefully you found this tutorial easy to follow.

Please comment below if you have any questions.

The Hide Column feature in Excel is a very easy to use and handy trick. From a personal standpoint, I find myself hiding columns quite frequenly in order to clean up the spreadsheet.

Lets Begin

Say you are working on a spreadsheet like in the image below. To clean up the spreadsheet, it would be a good idea to hide column’s “C” and “D”

Right Click with your mouse to “Hide” or “Unhide” columns.

If you have any questions, please comment below.

1. Click the arrow to the right of the “Quick Access Toolbar” and then click “More Commands” as shown below.
   
2. In the “Choose commands from box“, click “All Commands.”
   
3. In the list box, select the “Form button” and then click “Add.”
4. Then finish by click “OK.” The “Quick Access Toolbar” should not look like this:
   

Open up an excel document.

Now the easy part. Simply hold “CTRL ~” to show the formulas being used.