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jegarner
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Oct 07, 2020

TRUE checkbox value auto-populates adjacent cell from another Sheet tab

My spreadsheet has 2-sheet tabs: 'Sheet1' and 'Sheet2'. In 'Sheet2' cell 'A1' there's a checkbox.    If I put a check (True) in the checkbox in 'Sheet2' cell 'A1', is there a way to auto-populate ...
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HansVogelaar
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Oct 07, 2020

jegarner 

I assume that you have created a checkbox from the Form Controls.

Link the checkbox to a cell on Sheet2, for example A1 itself (if you assign a fill color to the checkbox, you won't see the value through it).

You can then use the following formula in B1:

=IF(A1,Sheet1!A1,"")

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    jegarner
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 07, 2020

    Thanks Hans, it worked as you suggested.

     

    Is there also a way to change the formula so that if the checkbox is not checked, it displays a '0'?

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      jegarner
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 07, 2020

      I figured it out by changing the formula to this: =IF(A1,Sheet1!A1,"0")

       

      However, when I now try to change the background color with conditional formatting equal to '0', it doesn't work. Not sure why.....

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        jegarner
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 07, 2020

        HansVogelaar 

         

        I figured it out. I had to change the conditional formatting to text for the 0 and it worked.

        Thanks again for your help with this Hans.

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