Arrow mainly uses Excel to elaborate something outside the main dataset. In Microsoft Excel, there are two types of arrows: straight and curved arrows. In this article, we are going to demonstrate 3 quick methods to insert a curved arrow in Excel. If you are also curious about it, download our practice workbook and follow us.
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3 Easy Ways to Insert Curved Arrow in Excel
To demonstrate the approaches, we consider a dataset of 10 employees of a company. Their name and salaries are in the range of cells B5:C14. The summation of these salaries is shown in cell C15, and the formula of the estimation is in cell E5. Now, we are going to indicate them with a curved arrow.
📚 Note:
All the operations of this article are accomplished by using Microsoft Office 365 application.
1. Directly Insertion by Curved Arrow Option
In the first method, we are going to insert a curved arrow by the Connector: Curved Arrow shape. The steps of this process are given below:
📌 Steps:
- First of all, go to the Insert tab.
- Now, click on the drop-down arrow of the Illustration > Shapes option and choose the Connector: Curved Arrow option.
- You will notice that the outlook of the mouse cursor will change.
- Then, click on the empty space and move the mouse.
- The curved arrow will appear.
- After that, place the curved arrow at a suitable position so that a visual relationship establish between cells C15 and E5.
- At last, modify the arrow style according to your desire from the Shape Format tab.
Thus, we can say that our procedure works perfectly, and we are able to insert a curved arrow in the Excel sheet by the Connector: Curved Arrow shape.
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2. Insertion Via Curve Shape
In this approach, we will insert a curved arrow by the Curved shape. The steps of this procedure are given as follows:
📌 Steps:
- At first, go to the Insert tab.
- After that, click on the drop-down arrow of the Illustration > Shapes option and choose the Curve option.
- You will notice that the outlook of the mouse cursor will change.
- Afterward, click on the empty space and draw a smooth curve with multiple clicks on the mouse.
- The curved arrow will appear.
- Then, place the curved arrow at a suitable position so that a visual relationship establish between cells C15 and E5.
- Now, modify the arrow style according to your desire from the Shape Format tab.
- Next, click on the drop-down arrow of the Shape Outline option, and from the Arrow option, choose an arrow style according to your desire. We chose Style 5 for our arrow.
- Our curved arrow is ready.
Hence, we can say that our method works effectively, and we are able to insert a curved arrow in Excel by the Curve shape.
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3. Using Pen Command from Draw Tab
In the last process, we are going to use the Pen command to draw the curved arrow. The procedure is explained below step-by-step:
📌 Steps:
- First, go to the Draw tab.
- Now, choose a pen according to your desire. Here, we choose the Pen: Black option.
- Then, click on the drop-down arrow of the Pen and choose the pen thickness.
- After that, draw the curved arrow to show the relationship between cells C15 and E5.
- Thus, our curved arrow will be ready.
Finally, we can say that our drawing process works effectively, and we are able to insert a curved arrow in Excel.
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Conclusion
That’s the end of this article. I hope that this article will be helpful for you and you will be able to insert a curved arrow in Excel. Please share any further queries or recommendations with us in the comments section below if you have any other questions or suggestions.
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