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MS Excel 2016: Open the Visual Basic Editor

This Excel tutorial explains how to open the Visual Basic Editor in Excel 2016 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

See solution in other versions of Excel:

• Excel 2013
• Excel 2011 for Mac
• Excel 2010
• Excel 2007
• Excel 2003

How to open the VBA environment

You can access the VBA environment in Excel 2016 by opening the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

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/ActiveX Controls like buttons, checkboxes, etc.

To display the Developer tab, click on File in the menu bar and select Options from the drop down menu.

When the Excel Options window appears, click on the Customize Ribbon option on the left. Click on the Developer checkbox under the list of Main Tabs on the right. Then click on the OK button.

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

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

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Excel 2016 VBA Environ.

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