Two awesome updates for Mac users.Ĭheckout my video on how to join Office Insiders and get the pre-release version. The latest build is 16.6 at the time of this writing, and it includes PivotCharts and a new VB Editor for writing VBA macros. It allows you to download and install pre-release builds of Excel. That program is free to join and open to everyone. To get the updated version you will need to be on an Office 365 subscription and on the Office Insiders Fast Program. Here is the page with the release notes for Office that lists all the recent updates. You might just need to update Office which can be done from the Help > Check for Updates menu. Important Note: You no longer need the Insiders Fast build to get the new VB Editor. Get the Office Insiders Fast Pre-Release Build If you are new to macros or want to learn more, checkout my upcoming free webinar on The 7 Steps to Getting Started with Macros & VBA. If you are a Mac user, you will now be able to write macros to help you automate Excel and save time with your job. Microsoft uses this site to help prioritize feature updates, so please vote there if you want userforms back.Įven with the absence of userforms, this new VB Editor is a huge leap forward from the editor that was originally shipped with Excel 2016 for Mac.

You can vote for the userforms feature on the Excel UserVoice site. I'm hoping that will be updated in the near future as well. The latest version (7.1) does not have any features that allow you to create, modify, or even view an existing userform. The one notable feature that is missing right now is userforms. This new VB Editor feels a lot more like the VB Editor we are used to on the Windows version of Excel.

Keyboard shortcuts listed next to each command on the top menus.

VBA Project, Properties, Immediate, Locals, and Watch windows.

Toolbars with buttons to for commands like: indenting, comment blocks, run, reset (stop), step into, etc.

Intellisense drop-down menus for auto-filling code.

Here is a list of the major new features. In the video above I highlight some of the many new improvements to the editor. The new VB Editor contains a lot of the features we are used to seeing in the Windows versions of Excel, or Excel 2011 for Mac.

Microsoft just released a new build of Excel that contains a new VB Editor, which we use to write VBA macros in Excel. I know many Mac users have been waiting along time for this, and I'm excited to share that an update to the VB Editor is finally here! Watch on YouTube and give it a thumbs up.

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