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Excel Inserter
A lightweight Windows tray utility for adding notes and screenshots to Excel workbooks. Text is split into screen-width chunks down column A, while screenshots capture all connected monitors and are inserted into the selected worksheet.
Download Excel Inserter v1.0.0
The self-contained Windows x64 release is available now. The ZIP is the recommended download because it includes the executable and its SHA-256 checksum file. A standalone EXE and the release details are also available.
Verify the download: compare the SHA-256 hash of the downloaded EXE with the value in SHA256SUMS.txt before running it. Do not run the file if the hashes differ.
What Excel Inserter does
Excel Inserter is designed for quickly collecting notes and screen evidence in a workbook without manually resizing rows, splitting long text, or pasting screenshots one by one.
Insert text down column A
Long notes are split into screen-width-sized chunks. Each chunk occupies one row in column A, Wrap Text stays disabled, and columns B onward are left untouched.
Capture all monitors
Capture the full virtual desktop across connected monitors and insert it as an image in the selected worksheet. The image can be fitted to the estimated Excel viewport or kept at its original pixel size.
Find the recent workbook
When the popup opens, the utility checks the current Windows user's Excel recent-file list for a local .xlsx workbook. The last manually selected workbook is used as a fallback.
Keep workbook-specific backups
Before an insertion, the app creates a timestamped backup in a dedicated folder associated with that workbook. The popup can delete the newest backup or all registered backups for the selected workbook, with confirmation.
How to use it
- Download the ZIP, extract it, and run ExcelInserter.exe.
- Open the tray popup and choose the .xlsx workbook and worksheet. The most recently used local Excel workbook is selected automatically when available.
- Type a note and choose Insert Text, or choose Capture Screen & Insert Image to add a screenshot of all monitors.
- Use the blank-row setting to control spacing between the previous worksheet content and the next insertion.
- Use the backup controls to remove the newest or all registered backups for the selected workbook when they are no longer needed.
Requirements and limitations
- Supports Windows 10 or Windows 11 on x64 PCs.
- Supports .xlsx workbooks only. Legacy .xls and macro-enabled .xlsm files are not supported.
- The workbook must be closed in Excel while an insertion is performed. If the recent workbook is open or locked, the app asks you to save and close it; it does not close Excel or discard unsaved changes automatically.
- Excel does not need to be installed to edit the workbook. Workbook operations are handled by the ClosedXML library.
- Text chunk widths and screenshot fitting are estimates based on the selected monitor and worksheet settings; the result can vary with Excel window size, zoom, ribbon layout, and display scaling.
- The v1.0.0 executable is not Authenticode-signed. Windows may display a Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warning because the app is not yet a commonly downloaded signed application. Download only from the official release page and verify the checksum.
Technical details
- Version
- 1.0.0 · Public release
- Platform
- Windows 10/11 · x64
- Application
- C# · .NET 9 · Windows Forms · self-contained single-file publish
- Workbook format
- .xlsx · ClosedXML · Microsoft Excel installation not required
- Distribution
- Standalone EXE and ZIP package with SHA-256 checksum
- Release repository
- github.com/greatPHPer/excel_inserter_releases
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