77-881 · Question #114
The Developer tab provides the options for creating a macro. By default, Word 2010 does not display the options for creating a macro. In order to display the options, you must turn on Word's…
A macro is a tool that is used to record the steps to perform a particular task. It is a set of tasks that can be performed by clicking a Quick Access toolbar button, pressing a shortcut key, or by selecting the macro from a list. In Word-2010, a user can include any command in…
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A macro is a tool that is used to record the steps to perform a particular task. It is a set of tasks that can be performed by clicking a Quick Access toolbar button, pressing a shortcut key, or by selecting the macro from a list. In Word-2010, a user can include any command in Microsoft Word. A user can use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to create or edit a macro. VBA is a macro-language version of Microsoft Visual Basic, which is used to program Microsoft Windows-based applications. Take the following steps to show the developer tab: 1.Click the File menu and then click Options.
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Hiroshi T.Jan 9, 2026Options is correct. Word 2010 hides the Developer tab by default, and the path to enable it is File, Options, Customize Ribbon, where you check the Developer checkbox, which is exactly what the File menu image is pointing you toward.
Nina C.Feb 11, 2026Options is right, it opens Customize Ribbon where you check Developer.
Anjali D.Jan 18, 2026The answer here is Options, which is the item you click in the File menu to open the Word Options dialog, and from there you go to Customize Ribbon and check the Developer box on the right-hand list. A lot of people in our group initially thought it might be under something like Preferences or a View setting, but Microsoft put it squarely in File then Options then Customize Ribbon for the 2010 version. What makes it a little tricky is that the question says "Developer tab provides the options for creating a macro" first, so your brain is already thinking about macros and not about where to turn the tab on. When I sat for the actual 77-881, I saw this exact scenario and honestly paused for a second because the image just shows the File backstage menu and you have to remember that Options is the gateway to almost every ribbon customization in 2010. Once I remembered the Customize Ribbon pane, it clicked and I moved on with confidence. Does this line up with what everyone else got? Anyone remember if they were also given a highlighted image where you had to click directly on the word "Options" in the list?
Samuel O.Jan 24, 2026Took me a second on the actual exam because I kept looking for something obvious, but it clicked when I remembered that in Word 2010 you get to the ribbon customization through File, then Options, and the Customize Ribbon pane is where you check the box to surface the Developer tab. Seen guys in the field chase this for twenty minutes on a new install when all they needed was that one checkbox in the ribbon settings.
Nina C.Jan 26, 2026That is exactly right, and the thing that trips people up even after they find that pane is forgetting that the Developer tab checkbox is on the right-side list under Main Tabs, not the left-side list of available commands.