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.

This is where the auto-complete entry will appear. Click "OK" to apply the formatting and add the combo box to your worksheet.

Last month’s article, “ Pro tip: Add a UserForm to aid data entry in Excel,” shares the basics of creating an Excel UserForm using VBA to populate list controls.

You can also populate the combo box with items from a list model by dragging the model from the Components window onto the combo box in the frame. Finally, you can specify the values of the items in ...