These step-by-step instructions show you how to add the Developer tab to the Ribbon in Word and Excel 2016 and Office 365, and to use it to launch the Visual Basic Editor and access Visual Basic ...

Open the Visual Basic Editor (VBE) by pressing Alt + F11. If the Project Window to the left isn’t visible, press Ctrl + R or choose Project Explorer from the View menu.

Open an Excel workbook on your PC. Press the Alt + F11 (or Option + F11 for Mac) keys to open VBA. Alternatively, you can head to the Developer tab and select Visual Basic .

Open Microsoft Excel and click the Developers tab. Click the Visual Basic icon to open the VBA editor. Click the "Tools" link on the VBA editor menu bar. Scroll down to the "Microsoft Office 14.0 ...

Launch Microsoft Excel. Click the Developer tab, then click the Visual Basic button. Once the VBA Editor is open, type the code to change the color of the cell.