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Developer Tab in Excel

Excel Developer Tab (Table of Contents)

  • Developer Tab in Excel
  • How to Add the Developer Tab in the Excel Ribbon?
  • Developer Tab Sections & its Uses

Developer Tab in Excel

Developer tab in excel is one of the most significant and highly useful & used options in excel. There are multiple applications with the Developer tab in excel.

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  • With Visual basic editor in developer tab, you can create, record and edit macros which can automate your repetitive or manual tasks in Office applications.
  • To Run macros that are previously recorded.
  • Relative reference usage to record macro (Applying that reference to another cell range or worksheet or workbook to run macro)
  • XML commands usage (To import & export Extensible Markup Language (XML) data that is created from other databases and application and also it enables you to exchange data between different applications.
  • Applying Form & ActiveX controls options in Microsoft excel eg. Buttons, Scroll bar & Checkboxes.

How to Add the Developer Tab in the Excel Ribbon?

Developer tab in Excel helps out to create a macro, import and export XML files or to insert a form or active controls.

In some of the version, it doesn’t show the Developer tab in excel by default, so you’ll need to add it

Developer Tab Step 1

Developer tab in excel will not be visible unless you activate it from the options menu. To activate the Developer tab in Excel, follow the below-mentioned steps.

Step 1: First, click on the File button on the top left-hand corner of the screen and then click on the “Options” button on the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.

Developer Tab Step 2

Or

You can Right-click anywhere on the Excel ribbon and then click Customize the Ribbon

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Developer Tab Step 3

Step 2: ‘Excel Options’ window appears, click on the ‘Customize Ribbon’ button located in the list of options in the left side of the Excel Options window.

Developer Tab Step 4

Step 3: Now you can find ‘Developer’ option under ‘Main Tabs’ and you can tick or check box beside it. Once it is done, Click on the ‘OK’ button at the bottom right-hand corner of the Excel Options window.

Developer Tab Step 5

Step 4: Now, you can observe the Developer tab is added in Excel Ribbon,

Developer Tab Step 6

Developer Tab Sections & its Uses

Developer tab in excel consists of four sections (Below mentioned black color marked boxes)

Developer Tab Example 1

Let’s check out the various Sections of the developer tab in excel.

  1. Code

Excel supports basic programming to create powerful scripts and actions in Excel with Visual Basic and Excel Macro options where you can create, record and edit macros which can automate your repetitive or manual tasks in Office applications

  1. Add-ins

Add-ins in excel are added to get additional or extra features, functionalities, and commands in your workbooks.

Default, add-ins are not available immediately in Excel, when it is required, it has to be installed first and activate to use it.

Few of them are inbuilt which is available in excel which is Solver and the Analysis Toolpak which can be added or removed through add-ins in excel options.

Developer Tab Example 2

There are various types of add-ins, i.e. Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) add-ins Component Object Model (COM) add-ins and DLL add-ins

Developer Tab Example 3

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) add-ins Component Object Model (COM) add-ins is usually developed or designed by developers and solution providers.

  1. Controls: Form Controls & ActiveX Controls.

There are two different kinds of Controls in Excel spreadsheet, which is mostly similar, but appearance varies between them i.e. Form Controls & ActiveX Controls.

Both of them are used on worksheet forms.

Form Controls options are simple & easy to use in excel itself to create, whereas ActiveX control is slightly advanced, provides a more flexible design which is most commonly used in Excel VBA, where it appears or shows up as objects that you can use in your code.

Developer Tab Example 4

form and Activex controls

There are 11 types of Controls in developer tab in excel.

  • Check Box:

Check Box

It is also called a checkmark box or tick box or selection box, where it controls the display of check mark when it is selected. it is a little square shape where you can select or deselect a given option

e.g. True/False or Yes/No in opinion polls.

  • Command Button:

Command Button

Command buttons or push buttons are used to execute or to run a macro, it performs a task when you click on it.

  • Combo Box:

Combo Box

Interactive tool for enhanced user interaction. It is a drop-down list from where you can select or add items of your choice to the list. You can select an item of your choice either by typing text into the combo box or by selecting it from the list.

  • Image Control:

Image Control

It embeds a picture or image such as JPG, JPEG, bitmap, GIF files & PNG formats.

  • Label:

Label

It is used to display information or descriptive text or instructions. It can be either caption or title.

  • List Box:

List Box

It is used to display a list of items to a list from where you can select one or more. By default, the options or choices are displayed vertically.

  • Option Button:

Option Button

It is used to select only one option from multiple options within a group. visually you can point out, whether the Options Button Control is selected or not. It is linked to a worksheet cell, when you select an option button, the value will be “TRUE” or if you deselect it, the value will be “FALSE”.

Scroll Bar: 

Scroll Bar

It helps you out to easily navigate with a large list of items by scrolling either vertically or horizontally. Scroll arrows in the Scroll bar can be either up/down or sideways.

  • Spin Button:

Spin Button

It is used to decrease or increase in the number or value of a cell. Spin button is useful for showing the maximum & minimum value of the set range.

  • Text Box:

Text Box

It is used to place a text in them. It can be either read-only or in Locked format. Multiple lines can be entered in the text box.

  • Toggle Button:

Toggle Button

It is mostly used to hide or unhide a range of rows or columns and it is also used to hide or unhide a chart.

  1. XML commands usage.

To import & export Extensible Markup Language (XML) data that is created from other databases and application and also it enables you to exchange data between different applications.

Things to Remember 

Apart from the above mentioned uses, the developer tab in excel also helps out for the following:

  • To Create or to develop applications which can be used in Microsoft Office programs.
  • Work with the Shape Sheet in diagramming and vector graphics application (Microsoft Visio)
  • Create new shapes and stencils in Microsoft Visio.
  • The Developer tab in excel also gives you quick access to some of the more advanced features and functions available.

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This has been a guide to Developer tab in excel. Here we discuss how to add Developer tab in Excel Ribbon, along with Developer Tab Sections & its various uses. You may also look at the other related articles:

  1. How to Wrap the text in Excel?
  2. Convert Rows into Columns
  3. How to Merge Tables in Excel?
  4. Square Root Function in Excel

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