Audit Tickmarks

Audit Tickmarks brings the classic audit tick mark workflow into

Excel. Select cells, click a mark, done: verified, footed, traced, exception -

your review, documented right in the workbook. Built for auditors,

accountants, controllers, and anyone who reviews other people's spreadsheets.

Free forever

• 8 essential tick marks - classic audit symbols in six colors plus

  full-color emoji checks (✅ ❌) - with bold and size options.

• Multiple marks per cell: a second mark lines up next to the

  first ("✓" becomes "✓ F"), and one click removes them all.

• Safe placements: into the cell (formulas are never touched) or the

  cell to the right (other content is never overwritten).

• Remove marks, highlight cells, and a demo sheet to try everything on.

Pro (one-time license from pythonandvba.com)

• Attach to value: the non-destructive flagship - the mark joins

  the cell's number format, so values and formulas stay 100% intact, and

  "Remove tick marks" restores them perfectly.

• Sign-offs: your initials plus today's date ("SB 04-Sep-26") in

  one click - the classic preparer/reviewer stamp.

• Numbered steps: auto-incrementing cross-references (① ② ③ or

  Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ, as text or colored badges), click-to-number mode, and Repeat for

  tie-outs. Counters are saved in the workbook.

• Image marks in three art styles: 24 audit-ready picture marks

  stamped on cells - check, cross, warning, thumbs, eyes, bank, abacus,

  paperclip, traffic dots, and more - switchable between glossy 3D emoji,

  flat emoji, and classic icons. Multiple stamps on a cell line up side by

  side.

• Your own images as marks: upload your firm's tickmark artwork,

  a logo, or a signature (up to 8) and stamp them like any built-in mark -

  and share the whole pack with your team via export/import.

• Open-items report: scan the workbook for every unresolved ✗, ?,

  and 🚩 and get a hyperlinked report sheet - what is still open, one click.

• Smart legend: document what every mark means; optionally list

  only the marks actually used in the workbook.

• Mark-up tools: circle or box the finding with your comment

  attached as a real Excel comment, plus one-click circles, boxes, arrows,

  and printable sticky notes. Cleanup removes only the add-in's own shapes.

• Full mark library: audit letters (F, CF, PY, TB, GL, PBC...),

  footnote symbols, emoji status set, and circled numbers - 70+ text marks,

  plus the 24 image marks.

• Your own text marks: up to 12 custom marks with their own color

  and legend meaning.

• Custom colors beyond the six standard audit colors.

Privacy. Your workbook never leaves Excel. The add-in's only network

request is validating your license key - if you use the free features, it makes

no network requests at all. No analytics, no tracking.

Works in Excel on Windows, Mac, and the web (Microsoft 365 or Office 2021 and

later). Made by Sven Bosau (pythonandvba.com), published by Bosau

Digital LLC.