How to Insert Images into Excel in 60 Seconds

Andrew Childress Last updated Jan 29, 2018

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Microsoft Excel is often used for business cases, but that doesn't mean that we can't add multimedia like images to a spreadsheet. Let's learn how to insert an image into Excel.

How to Insert Images Into Excel Quickly

Note: Watch this short tutorial screencast or follow the quick steps below that complement this video.

1. Find and Insert an Image

On the Insert tab, click on Illustrations > Pictures.

Insert image into Excel cell — Select the Illustrations > Pictures option under **Insert**.

Now browse to the image that's stored on your computer and insert it.

Insert images into Excel — Use the Insert button to insert the image into your spreadsheet.

Once the image is in Excel, click and drag to reposition it in the spreadsheet. You can always grab one of the corners to resize and scale it on the spreadsheet. If you're working on the Pictures Tool Format tab on the ribbon, there are a variety of options to customize the image.

2. Add a Border to Your Image

Add an image border — Customize the image by adding a border.

Let's customize the image by adding a border. By clicking on Picture Border drop-down and choosing a color, you could also add one of the preset borders by clicking on one of the thumbnails

3. Use an Image as a Background

Use images in Excel to set up backgrounds for your spreadsheet by sending them to the back.

Send an Excel image to the background — Use the **Send to Back** option to use an image for your Excel spreadsheet background.

Right-click the image, and choose Send to Back in order to send the image behind the content that's in your spreadsheet cells.

Finishing Up!

Learning how to insert images into Excel gives you more options for how your spreadsheets look. You can even use an image as a background for your spreadsheet.

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Andrew Childress

I believe that life is too short to do just one thing. In college, I studied Accounting and Finance but continue to scratch my creative itch with my work for Envato Tuts+ and other clients. By day, I enjoy my career in corporate finance, using data and analysis to make decisions. I cover a variety of topics for Tuts+, including photo editing software like Adobe Lightroom, PowerPoint, Keynote, and more. What I enjoy most is teaching people to use software to solve everyday problems, excel in their career, and complete work efficiently. Feel free to reach out to me on my website.

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