How to Make Excel Data Entry Forms Microsoft Forms offers a user-friendly, modern solution for data entry that integrates seamlessly with Excel, eliminating the need for VBA skills.

Last month’s article, “ Pro tip: Add a UserForm to aid data entry in Excel,” shares the basics of creating an Excel UserForm using VBA to populate list controls.

However, your data entry form will inherit data validation settings. In the case of the example list, the data entry form’s CategoryID field will reject invalid data, just as the worksheet does.