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How to create a text box with scrollbar in Excel?

Author Xiaoyang Last modified

Text box is a useful tool for us to add some suggestive information for worksheet data. Sometimes, we need to insert a small text box which contains large content, in this case, the content will not be fully displayed if you are not click the text box. If there is a scrollbar bar within the text box, it will be easy to view the content and the text box looks beautiful as well.

Create a text box with scrollbar in Excel

arrow blue right bubble Create a text box with scrollbar in Excel

In Excel, you just can insert the scrollbar for the text box which must be ActiveX Controls form only. Please do as this:

1. To insert a text box by clicking Developer > Insert > Text Box, see screenshot:

add textbox from developer tab

2. Then drag the mouse to draw a text box as you need.

draw textbox

3. And then click Developer > Properties with the text box is selected, see screenshot:

go to properties pane

4. In the Properties dialog, select True from the MultiLine drop down, then choose 2-fmScrollBarsVertical from the ScrollBars drop down list. See screenshot:

set options in the properties pane

5. After finishing the settings, close the Properties dialog, and click the Design Mode to exit the Design Mode. And when you enter large content which is longer than the text box, the scrollbar will be added automatically. See screenshot:

scrollbar are added to the textbox

Note: In Excel, only the ActiveX Controls form text box can be added the scrollbar.

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