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Use VBA add-ins and macros that you developed for Office for Windows with Office for Mac.
Applies to: Excel for Mac | PowerPoint for Mac | Word for Mac | Office 2016 for Mac
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 tutorial: Automate tasks with Visual Basic macros 13 At the bottom of the window, select the lines of code shown below, and then click Edit > Copy. In the code, click after the quotation mark that follows Answer, press RETURN, and then click Edit > Paste. Replace the second instance of Answer with Comments.
If you are authoring Macros for Office for Mac, you can use most of the same objects that are available in VBA for Office. For information about VBA for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, see the following:
Note
Outlook for Mac and OneNote for Mac do not support VBA.
Office 2016 for Mac is sandboxed
Unlike other versions of Office apps that support VBA, Office 2016 for Mac apps are sandboxed.
Sandboxing restricts the apps from accessing resources outside the app container. This affects any add-ins or macros that involve file access or communication across processes. You can minimize the effects of sandboxing by using the new commands described in the following section.
Creating an installer or putting user content
For instructions on creating an installer for your add-in, please refer to the article here: Installing User Content in Office 2016 for Mac
New VBA commands for Office 2016 for Mac
The following VBA commands are new and unique to Office 2016 for Mac.
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Command | Use to |
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GrantAccessToMultipleFiles | Request a user's permission to access multiple files at once. |
AppleScriptTask | Call external AppleScript scripts from VB. |
MAC_OFFICE_VERSION | IFDEF between different Mac Office versions at compile time. |
Ribbon customization in Office for Mac
Office 2016 for Mac supports ribbon customization using Ribbon XML. Note that there are some differences in ribbon support in Office 2016 for Mac and Office for Windows.
Ribbon customization feature | Office for Windows | Office for Mac |
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Ability to customize the ribbon using Ribbon XML | Available | Available |
Support for document based add-ins | Available | Available |
Ability to invoke Macros using custom ribbon controls | Available | Available |
Customization of custom menus | Available | Available |
Ability to include and invoke Office Fluent Controls within a custom ribbon tab | Available | Most familiar Office Fluent Control Identifiers are compatible with Office for Mac. Some might not be available. For commands that are compatible with Office 2016 for Mac, see idMSOs compatible with Office 2016 for Mac. |
Support for COM add-ins that use custom ribbon controls | Available | Office 2016 for Mac doesn't support third-party COM add-ins. |
idMSOs compatible with Office 2016 for Mac
For information about the idMSOs that are compatible with Office 2016 for Mac, see the following:
See also
Support and feedback
Have questions or feedback about Office VBA or this documentation? Please see Office VBA support and feedback for guidance about the ways you can receive support and provide feedback.
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This Excel tutorial explains how to open the Visual Basic Editor in Excel 2016 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).
See solution in other versions of Excel:
How to open the VBA environment
You can access the VBA environment in Excel 2016 by opening the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
First, be sure that the Developer tab is visible in the toolbar in Excel.
The Developer tab is the toolbar that has the buttons to open the VBA editor and create Form/ActiveX Controls like buttons, checkboxes, etc.
To display the Developer tab, click on File in the menu bar and select Options from the drop down menu.
When the Excel Options window appears, click on the Customize Ribbon option on the left. Click on the Developer checkbox under the list of Main Tabs on the right. Then click on the OK button.
Select the Developer tab from the toolbar at the top of the screen. Then click on the Visual Basic option in the Code group.
Now the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications editor should appear and you can view your VBA code.