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MS Excel 2011 for Mac: Open the Visual Basic Editor

This Excel tutorial explains how to open the Visual Basic Editor in Excel 2011 for Mac (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

You can access the VBA environment in Excel 2011 for Mac by opening the Visual Basic editor.

First, be sure that the Developer tab is visible in the toolbar in Excel.

The Developer tab is the toolbar that has the buttons to open the VBA editor and create Form Controls like buttons, checkboxes, etc.

To display the Developer tab, click on Preferences under the Excel menu at the top of the screen.

When the Excel Preferences window appears, click on the Ribbon icon in the Sharing and Privacy section.

In the Customize section, check Developer in the list of tabs to show. Then click on the OK button.

Select the Developer tab from the toolbar at the top of the screen. Then click on the Editor option in the Visual Basic group.

Now the Microsoft Visual Basic editor should appear and you can view your VBA code.