Insert Image in Excel Cell

Insert Image in Excel Cell (Table of Contents)

• How to Insert Image in Excel Cell?
• Create a DashBoard with Images in Excel

Insert Image in the Excel

In my previous company, I have created one of the creative individual sales employee’s dashboards with their pictures. I have created a dropdown list of employees whenever the reporting manager selects the name their details would appear along with their pictures. In this article, I will show you how to insert an image in excel, how to adjust them to the cell size, how to bring them to the dashboard, how to filter out each one, and how to readjust the image according to the cell size.

How to Insert Image in Excel Cell?

Insert an image to the excel is a very easy task. I have sales employees names in the excel file and below is the list.

I have their images in my computer hard disk.

I want to bring the image against each person name respectively.

Note: All the images are dummy, you can download them from the google directly.

Step 1: Copy the above list of names and paste it in excel. Make the row height as 36 and column width as 14.3.

Step 2: Go to INSERT tab and click on PICTURES.

Step 3: Once you click on PICTURES it asks you to choose the picture folder location from your computer. Select the location and choose pictures you want to insert.

Step 4: You can insert image one by one in excel cell or you can insert at one shot as well. In order to insert at one go, you need to be sure which represents who. I am going to insert one by one. Select the image you want to insert and click on INSERT.

Step 5: Now you can see the image in your excel file.

Step 6: This picture is not yet ready to use as of now. We need to resize this. Select the picture and resize using drag and drop option from the corner edges of the image or you can resize the height and width under Format tab.

Note: Modify the row height as 118 and column width as 26.

In order to fit the picture to the cell size hold the ALT key and drag the picture corners, it will automatically fit the cell size.

Like this repeat this task for all the employees.

Change Image Size According to Cell Size in Excel

Now we need to fit these images to the cell size. Whenever the cell width or height changes picture also should change accordingly.

Step 1: Select one image and press Ctrl + A, it will select all the images in the active worksheet. (Make sure all the images are selected)

Step 2: Press Ctrl + 1, it will open up the format option on the right-hand side of your screen. Note: I am using excel 2016 version.

Step 3: Under Format Picture select Size & Properties.

Step 4: Click on Properties and select the option Move and size with cells.

Step 5: Now we have locked the images to their respective cell size. It is dynamic now, as the cell changes images are also kept changing.

Create an Excel Dashboard with Images

We can create a dashboard using these images. Follow the below steps to create a dashboard.

I have created a master sheet which contains all the details of the employees.

Step 1: In the dashboard, sheet create a drop-down list of employee’s list.

Step 2: Apply VLOOKUP to get the Sales Value, Target, Efficiency Level, DOB, and DOJ from the Employee Details Sheet.

As you change the name from the drop down the values will be automatically updated.

Step 3: Now the big part is we need to get the photo of employee whoever selected from the drop-down. For this, we need to create a name manager.

Go to FORMULAS > Define Name in excel.

Step 4: Give Name to your Name Manager.

Step 5: In refers to type Equal (=) sign and enter the INDEX formula.

Step 6: The first argument of INDEX function is to select the entire B column in Image Sheet.

Step 7: Now enter comma (,) and open one more function MATCH.

Step 8: Select the first argument as Employee Name in the Dashboard Sheet. (Drop Down cell).

Step 9: Next argument select the entire first column in Image Sheet, enter zero as the next argument and close two brackets.

Step 10: Click on OK. We have created a name manager for our photos.

Step 11: Now go to Image Sheet and copy the cell B2.

Step 12: Now go to Dashboard Sheet and paste as linked IMAGE.

Step 13: Now we have an image. Select the image, in the formula change the link to our Name Manager name i.e. Photos

Step 14: Hit Enter to complete the process. You can change the image it will change according to the name you have selected.

Things to Remember

• Make the image adjustment that fits or changes the cell movement.
• In order to create a dashboard create a master sheet which can contain all the consolidated data.
• Use the ALT key to adjust the image to the extreme corners of the cell.

You can download this Insert Image Excel Cell Template from here – Insert Image Excel Template

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