How to add/insert TextBox to Worksheet

Add Text Box to Worksheet in Excel

In the Excel program (version 07 and above), there are two places where you can insert text boxes. One is in Insert Shapes, the other is on the right side of the top menu under the Insert option.

Method One:

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Method Two:

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How to create

You can create text boxes with horizontal or vertical text.

  • Select the corresponding option (horizontal or vertical).
  • Left‑click on the page.
  • Hold down the left mouse button and drag across the page.
  • Release the left button.

Now you have a text box.

Add Text Box to Worksheet in Aspose.Cells

When you need to bulk‑insert TextBoxes into a worksheet, the manual insertion method is obviously impractical. If this bothers you, this document will help. Aspose.Cells provides an API to easily perform bulk inserts in your code.

The following sample code creates a text box.

You will get a file similar to result file. In the file, you will see the following:

Replace tag with text in a textbox inside the Worksheet