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Copper Contributor

Aug 11, 2022

Excel Ribbon customizing

HI, I am trying to add the Developer tab to my excel tabs, from what I have found on the internet is that I can do this one of 2 ways, 1 right clicking the ribbon then clicking on customize ribbon....

Platinum Contributor

Nov 06, 2022

MxLunger You tagged your message with "Excel for web". The Developer tab is not supported in the web version. You need to run the desktop version of Excel for that.

Judy_McKee

Copper Contributor

Nov 06, 2022

Riny_van_Eekelen

Thankyou!

I access Excel by going to office.com, which takes me to my licensed paid Office 365 version of Excel. Do I need to use the free version of Excel to have acess to the Developer's tab?

Riny_van_Eekelen
Platinum Contributor
Nov 06, 2022
Judy_McKee You need to work in the desktop app. not sure what you mean by "which takes me to my licensed paid Office 365 version of Excel". If you are working in Excel with a web browser, you will not find the Developer ribbon there.

Do you see a button "Install Office" in the top right-hand corner of the browser window? I'm not specialist regarding MS licenses but I understand that all MS365 subscriber have access to both the online and desktop versions.