Microsoft Excel popup image for a worksheet cell

I was working on a Microsoft Excel 2007 spreadsheet and I wanted an image to popup for a cell. I found a number of sites listing a solution, but they only explained it in text so I thought I’d do it with some images and a video to make it clear. It is a bit confusing.

The first step is to add a comment for a cell.

Delete out the comment text.

Right click on the comment border and select the Format Comment… menu item.

On the Format Comment dialog choose the Colors and Lines tab. Then from the Color drop down list choose the Fill Effects drop list item.

From the Fill Effects dialog choose the Picture tab and click the Select Picture… button.

Choose the image file you want to use as the cell comment background and click the Insert button.

Now click OK on the remaining open dialogs and when done you should see the comment background showing the image you chose.

Please be mindful of the image file size as this image will make your Excel spreadsheet that much bigger.

I’ve created a video tutorial about how to add a popup image as well.

I hope this helps :-)