The Visual Basic Editor, also known as VBA Editor, VB Editor, or VBE Editor, is a separate application that first needs to be familiarized with to work with VBA in Excel. It is part of Excel and appears whenever you open an Excel workbook. By default, it is hidden and must be activated to view it.
Excel VBA is a powerful software tool that allows the automation of Excel tasks. It can be used to automate repetitive tasks as well as more complex applications.
Having access to the VBA editor means that you can edit your own VBA code or check pre-recorded macros.
Here are (3) Good Ways to get the Code in the VBA Editor
1. When you record a Macro, it generates a new module in the VBA Editor automatically and inserts the code in that module.
2. VBA code can be written manually in VBA Editor.
3. Code can be copied from some other workbook or some other source as you can paste it into the VBA Editor.
How to Access the VBA Editor
If you want to open a VBA Editor, there are different ways to do so. Below are a few steps you use to open the Virtual Basic Editor in Excel:
- Using Shortcut Key
- Using the Developer Tab
- Using Worksheet Tab
Let’s give full details of each of the ways listed.
Using a Keyboard Shortcut
This is the easiest and fastest method that almost everybody prefers using when accessing the VBA Editor. For you to do this, hold the ALT + F11 to open the Editor window.
This shortcut acts as a toggle so that when you use it again, it will return you to the Excel application (without closing the VB Editor).
NOTE: The shortcut for the Mac version is Opt + F11, or Fn + Opt + F11.
Using the Developer Tab
To open the Editor, let’s check out the following steps:
Step 1: Firstly, open the Excel window on your device.
Step 2: Click on the Options button.
Step 3: Click on the Customize Ribbon button.
Step 4: Select the Developer checkbox from the left window as shown in the image below.
Step 5: Direct your cursor to the OK option and click on the OK button to make the Developer appear on the main window.
Step 6: The Developer Tab will appear in the Ribbon at the top of the window.
Step 7: Select the Visual Basic option or click Alt+F11 on your keyboard.
Step 8: The VBA window will appear. You can pay attention to the below image.
Using Worksheet Tab
The Editor can be opened by using the worksheet tab.
This step is not normally used when it comes to Visual Basic Editor access.
To open this in the worksheet tab, let’s check the following steps:
Step 1: Go to the worksheet tab.
Step 2: Right-click on the tab.
Step 3: Select the View Code option.
Step 4: it will open the VBA Editor and also open the code window to that worksheet object.
This method not only opens the VB Editor but also opens the code window for that worksheet object, which is useful when you want to write code that only applies to a particular worksheet. It is usually the case when worksheet events are involved.
