How do you make a crossword puzzle with Microsoft Excel?

The process is the same as you would use to make a crossword puzzle with a piece of graph paper. Select the squares you want to color black and format the cells to have a black background. Change the protection format of the white cells to unprotect, then protect the entire worksheet, so only the white cells allow entries See related links for a way to make graph paper on Excel If you want to get a bit more advanced and replicate a complete crossword puzzle (including numbers in the top left corner of a square), format the graph grids as one character wide by one character high, then use nine cells for each crossword block ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONS: Format Row height = 8.5 and Column width = 1 (play around with the row height to get a square) Select A1:C3 and format border outline to draw a box around the nine squares Select A2:C3 and format cells to be merged and aligned center both horizontally and vertically Select A1:C1 and format cells to be merged and aligned left In A1, enter 1 and format the font size to fit the box (probably size 6) In A2 (the new combined A2:C3 square), enter A and format the font size to fit the box (probably size 6) Verify all fits as you want, then highlight the entrie square (A1:C3) and press delete to empty the square Select A1:C3 and copy.

Then move to D1 and paste. Repeat as needed to make your complete crossword puzzle Select A1:? (bottom right corner of your puzzle) and format the border of the entire range to be a medum bold line Select the cell ranges for the squares you want to be black squares and format the cells to black background Identify the boxes that need to be numbered and enter the appropriate numbers If you want to add a title, go to A1 and insert two lines to allow room for a title in the new row 1.

Merge all the appropriate cells in row 1, align center, select the font you want, and enter the crossword title To the right of the entire puzzle, enter your clues Adjust and clean up each area until the puzzle looks how you like.

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