A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
I determined by some research on the web that the problem might be user profile related. I followed the following instructions that I found on the web.
I created another user account, logged in, and tried to create the developer tab as follows:
- Click the File tab.
- Click Options.
- Click Customize Ribbon.
- Under Customize Ribbon and under Main Tabs, select the Developer check box.
The operation was successful in adding the Developer tab, and I was able to create and run macros.
So I'm not going to spend a lot of time trying to figure what is wrong with my original user profile, and will instead use the new user account that I created.
Thank you all for your input.