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Among various spreadsheet software applications, Excel is the most widely used. It is also one of the most selling office tools. Excel has something new to offer at every step you perform with the data. So, the Developer tab in Excel. You may have heard of it in 5 minutes; you get to know everything about the developer tab of Excel.
The Developer tab in Excel is used to create Macros, VBAs, forms, checklists and many more active tools. It is installed like an Excel sheet's home view or data tab.
To install the developer tab, follow these steps.
Go to the file and select the Options tab
Under the Excel options window, choose the Customize Ribbon option
Under the main tabs option on the window's right side, select the Developer's checkbox and press OK.
Now, if you go back to your Excel sheet, you will observe an extra tab, Developer, installed in the ribbon.
The developer tab is further subdivided into 4 sections. Namely.
Code
Add-ins
Controls
XML
Each tab helps perform tasks in Excel in a unique way.
The first, the Code tab on the developer, helps the user record new macros, use/ edit the existing ones, and run the macros. All you need to do is click the record macro option to start the recording and to stop the recording, click it again. Once you start recording, you will obtain a macro window under which you can provide a name to the macro, a shortcut key and also add the description. Similarly, you can also use the VBA in the developer tab's code section.
Moving forward, the developer's add-in tab helps install Excel add-ins. It provides an option to add Add-ins from the office store or use already-existing add-ins like Solver, Analysis Toolpak, map, and Power Pivot.
The third section of the developer tab is Controls. As the name suggests, the controls help establish control buttons such as checkboxes, combos, images, toggle scroll bars, and more.
The last tab of the Excel developer tab is XML. The XML tab assists in importing XML data files from different sources.
Excel users often use the developer tab to work on macros and forms like customer questionnaires, management surveys, etc. Try using the developer tab in Excel and let us know in the comments section how it eases your tasks.
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