Do you want to generate a QR code in Excel?QR codes are two-dimensional barcodes that can be read by scanners and codes are a popular way to link physical objects to digital information. When a QR code is scanned, it will link the user to a website, text, audio, or video post will show you how you can make QR codes in Excel. Download your copy of the example workbook used in this post and follow a QR Code with a FontExcel allows you to use your own custom fonts for your spreadsheets. You can read this post to find out how to install a new font in easy way to create a QR code in Excel is to use a custom QR code font!The AlphanumericQR Font found on FontSpace is a great option for a QR code you install the font, you’ll be able to convert individual characters to a QR the range of cells that contains the text you want to turn into a QR to the Home the AlphanumericQR font from the dropdown list in the Font the font size so the QR codes are easily text will now display as a series of QR codes!📝 Note This doesn’t convert the whole text in a cell to a single QR code, but rather it will convert each character of the text to a QR a QR code for a single character is admittedly quite a useless result. But don’t worry there are better ways to get a QR code to link longer text or a QR Code with Organization Data TypesIf your organization uses Power Bi, then you might avail of the Organization Data Types to create your QR data types will allow you to contain multiple pieces of data inside a single cell. This includes images from a means you can use data types to show an image of a QR code inside a cell, and you can generate this image from a QR Code above URL will generate a QR code image for whatever you append on the end place of the can use this in your Org Data Type to get QR codes in will need an Excel table with the data you want to use to generate your QR codes. This example will create QR codes for a list of you will need to create a Power BI model with the Excel the Power BI desktop app and go to the Home tab and click on the Excel Workbook command to import the Excel will open a file picker menu where you can navigate to your saved Excel file. Select the file and press the Open button to start the import process.📝 Note Your Excel file needs to be closed while you are setting up the query in Power will open the Navigator menu where you can select what data to import from your Excel file. Select the table and press the Transform Data you will need to create a new column with the data from the Excel table appended to the end of the API to the Add Column tab and choose the Custom Column option in the General will open the Custom Column editor where you can add a formula for the new column.= " & [URL]Insert the above formula into the Custom column formula editor and press the OK will append the URL column to the end of the API URL for each row in the table. This is what will be used to generate each QR you can go to the Home tab and press the Close and Apply button to load the you will need to set this table as a featured to the Model view, select the table, and toggle on the Is featured table option in the bottom part of the Properties you enable the featured table option, this will open the Set up this featured table the Row label and Key Row label is the value you will see in the Excel cell for the data Key column is a value that uniquely identifies a row in the this example, they have both been set to the URL you will need to identify the added custom column as an image to the Data view and click on the custom column containing the QR Code URL and set the Data category as an Image you can publish the Power BI model to the Power BI service online. This will make the organization data types available in to the Home tab and click on the Publish command, then choose the location to publish the model and press the Select you can create organization data types from your Excel data. Make sure to close and reopen Excel if you don’t immediately see the featured table in your Data you will be able to convert text data from your table into a data the cells to convert into an organization data to the Data on the button to expand the Data Type on your table in the From your organization text will be converted to a data type and you will be able to tell because of the small icon to the left of the text.= B2.[QR Code]You can now extract the QR code image from the data type with a formula. The above formula will get the QR Code from your data type in cell a QR Code with the IMAGE FunctionUsing the organization data types can be a bit complex to set up, and you might not even have access to the Power BI pro license that’s there are other ways to get an image inside a method will use the IMAGE function along with the QR Code API to generate a QR code image inside a cell.= IMAGE " & B3 The above function will append the value in cell B3 onto the end of the QR code API URL. This will create a QR code for the value in cell codes are a popular way to create scannable hyperlinks and now you can easily make them in a custom QR code font will only allow you to generate a QR code for a single character, which might not be that data types used with a QR code API will allow you to create a QR code for any text or URL data you need, but it does require a Power BI pro license and is complex to set easiest option is to generate a QR code using the IMAGE function along with the QR code you know you could make your own QR codes in Excel?About the AuthorJohn is a Microsoft MVP and qualified actuary with over 15 years of experience. He has worked in a variety of industries, including insurance, ad tech, and most recently Power Platform consulting. He is a keen problem solver and has a passion for using technology to make businesses more efficient.