The navigational system in Microsoft Excel 2013 is based around a ribbon of tools and options at the top of the window.
Different settings and features are organized under appropriate tabs, allowing you to find the setting that you need to change. For example, you could use an option on the Formulas tab to add a concatenate formula to your spreadsheet.
But there are tabs in Excel 2013 that are not included in the navigational ribbon by default, and the Developer tab is one of them. This tab contains some useful tools, such as Macros, so many people will eventually need to enable it. Fortunately this can be accomplished in just a few short steps by following our tutorial in the article below.
How to Show the Developer Tab in Excel 2013
The steps in this article were written for Microsoft Excel 2013. However, the steps are similar in other versions of Microsoft Excel as well. For example, this article will show you how to enable the Developer tab in Excel 2010. Once you have customized the ribbon to display the Developer tab, it will remain there for any other files that you open in Excel 2013.
Step 1: Open Microsoft Excel 2013.
Step 2: Click the File tab at the top-left corner of the window.
Step 3: Click Options at the bottom of the left column to open the Excel Options window.
Step 4: Click the Customize Ribbon tab at the left side of the Excel Options window.
Step 5: Check the box to the left of Developer under the Main Tabs column at the right side of the window.
Step 6: Click the OK button at the bottom of the window to add the developer tab to the ribbon.
If you decide later that you no longer wish to show the Developer tab in your ribbon, simply follow these steps again and uncheck the box to the left of the Developer tab.
Now that you know where the Developer tab is in Microsoft Excel 2013, you will be able ot add or remove it and any other tabs that you discover you do or don’t want in your Microsoft Excel installation.
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