On a Mac, you may have to click File and then click New Blank Workbook in the resulting drop-down menu. If you already have an Excel report that you want to automate, you’ll instead double-click the report’s file to open it in Excel.

On a Mac, you may have to click File and then click New Blank Workbook in the resulting drop-down menu. If you already have an Excel report that you want to automate, you’ll instead double-click the report’s file to open it in Excel.

Windows — Click File, click Options, click Customize Ribbon on the left side of the window, check the “Developer” box in the lower-right side of the window (you may first have to scroll down), and click OK. [1] X Research source Mac — Click Excel, click Preferences. . . , click Ribbon & Toolbar, check the “Developer” box in the “Main Tabs” list, and click Save. [2] X Research source

Windows — Click File, click Options, click Customize Ribbon on the left side of the window, check the “Developer” box in the lower-right side of the window (you may first have to scroll down), and click OK. [1] X Research source Mac — Click Excel, click Preferences. . . , click Ribbon & Toolbar, check the “Developer” box in the “Main Tabs” list, and click Save. [2] X Research source

For example, if you’re creating a macro that will make a chart out of your available data, you might name it “Chart1” or similar.

On a Mac, the shortcut key combination will end up being ⌥ Option+⌘ Command and your key (e. g. , ⌥ Option+⌘ Command+T).

You’ll have to save the Excel file in a special format for the macro to be saved.

You’ll have to save the Excel file in a special format for the macro to be saved.

For example, to select data and create a chart out of it, you would highlight your data, click Insert at the top of the Excel window, click a chart type, click the chart format that you want to use, and edit the chart as needed. If you wanted to use the macro to add values from cells A1 through A12, you would click an empty cell, type in =SUM(A1:A12), and press ↵ Enter.

If you don’t do this, the macro won’t be saved as part of the spreadsheet, meaning that other people on different computers won’t be able to use your macro if you send the workbook to them.

If you don’t do this, the macro won’t be saved as part of the spreadsheet, meaning that other people on different computers won’t be able to use your macro if you send the workbook to them.

If you don’t do this, the macro won’t be saved as part of the spreadsheet, meaning that other people on different computers won’t be able to use your macro if you send the workbook to them.

If you don’t do this, the macro won’t be saved as part of the spreadsheet, meaning that other people on different computers won’t be able to use your macro if you send the workbook to them.

If you don’t do this, the macro won’t be saved as part of the spreadsheet, meaning that other people on different computers won’t be able to use your macro if you send the workbook to them.

If you don’t do this, the macro won’t be saved as part of the spreadsheet, meaning that other people on different computers won’t be able to use your macro if you send the workbook to them.

You can also run a macro by clicking Macros in the Developer tab, selecting your macro’s name, and clicking Run.