You won't see the Developer tab in Excel by default, though depending on whether or not you share the software with anyone else (and what they may have set up previously), there's a chance you won ...

To enable the Developer tab, open Excel and go to the File menu. From there, select Options, then Customize Ribbon. In the right pane of the dialog box that appears, check the Developer box.

If you don’t see the Developer tab, do the following to add it: 1. Click the File tab. 2. Choose Options from the left pane. 3. Click Customize Ribbon in the left pane. 4.

In Microsoft Excel, Word orPowerPoint, the Developer tab is an optional tab that allows users to access form controls and other programming type controls such as Macros, Mapping, Add-ins ...

You can insert checkboxes on Excel’s Developer tab. Unfortunately, that tab is hidden by default. To make it visible in Excel 2010 or 2013, click the File tab and select Options.

Select the Developer checkbox from the pane on the right, as shown in Figure 1. Click OK to add the Developer tab to the Excel GUI interface. [Click on image for larger view.] Figure 1.