Allowing the Developer Tab. To access the form controls in Excel, you first need to enable the Developer tab. This tab is hidden by default, but allowing it is a simple process: ...

Next, select the Command Button options found in the ActiveX Controls section. You can see what this looks like in Figure 2 . [Click on image for larger view.] ...

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