How to Insert a Combo Box in Excel 2010. Combo boxes are a useful way of entering data into an Excel spreadsheet, combining the flexibility of a text field with the convenience of a list box ...

How to add a combo box in Excel The first step is to embed a combo box and populate it with a unique list of category values so we can take advantage of its autocomplete behavior.

Thanks to the linked cell property in Microsoft Excel, it's super easy to use the selected value as a condition in a macro or conditional formatting rule.