Easily insert or display images from URLs or file paths in Excel

Normally, for inserting images based on related URLs or file paths, only VBA code can help you to deal with it. Here, with the Insert Pictures from Path(URL) utility of Kutools for Excel, you can quickly insert images from related URLs or file paths in Excel with only several clicks.

Insert/display images from URLs in Excel

Insert/display images from file paths in Excel

Click Kutools > Insert > Insert Pictures from Path(URL)… to enable the feature

Insert/display images from URLs in Excel

For inserting images from URLs, please do as follows.

1. Enable the feature by clicking Kutools > Insert > Insert Pictures from Path(URL).

2. In the Insert Pictures from Path(URL) dialog, please:

• 2.1 Select the cell range with the URLs you want to insert pictures based on in the Path(URL) Range section;
• 2.2 Select a blank cell where you will output the images in the Insert Range(One cell) section;
• 2.3 Specify the picture size as you need in the Picture Size (Pixel) section;
• 2.4 Click the OK button. See screenshot:

Then all pictures are displayed based on the given URLs as below screenshot shown.

Insert/display images from file paths in Excel

If you want to display images from file paths, please try as follows.

1. Enable the feature by clicking Kutools > Insert > Insert Pictures from Path(URL).

2. In the Insert Pictures from Path(URL) dialog, please finish the below settings:

• 2.1 In the Path(URL) Range section, select the cells containing the file paths you will display pictures based on;
• 2.2 In the Insert Range(One cell) section, select a cell you will output the images;
• 2.3 Specify the picture size as you need in the Picture Size (Pixel) section;
• 2.4 Click the OK button. See screenshot:

Now, pictures are inserted in specific cells based on the given paths. See screenshot:

Notes:

1. According to the Excel specifications and limits (https://support.office.com/en-us/article/excel-specifications-and-limits-1672b34d-7043-467e-8e27-269d656771c3), the width of the inserted pictures must be less than 2045 pixels, and the fixed height must be less than 547 pixels.

2. If the specified size is exceeded the limited size, the inserting pictures will be automatically adjusted.

Demo: Insert pictures from paths or URLs with Kutools for Excel

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