To get to this folder, open a Finder window and click on Go in the Finder menu bar if you press and hold the Option key you will see the hidden Library folder in the list so you can click on it to open it. Users/UserName/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/User Content/Add-Ins The best place to store the add-in is in the User Add-in Library, which is: If you download a zip file in safari it will automatically Unzip the file and you will find the add-in in your Download folder, if not double click the add-in and it will unzip. Very often, an Excel add-in is packaged in a zip file. An Excel add-in can also be opened like a regular file when you need it, without installing it, though it is still hidden. The add-in can be installed, which means it opens every time Excel opens, so that its functionality is always available. The add-in workbook itself is invisible, though it has one and often more hidden worksheets, where information related to the add-in may be stored.
An add-in usually has some user interface elements, such as dialogs (UserForms), buttons on the ribbon, or buttons on context (right-click) menus, so you can access its features. An Add-In is basically a workbook containing some code, that has some other unique properties. Excel Add-InsĪ lot of Excel procedures are packaged in Add-Ins. Written by Ron de Bruin, Microsoft Excel MVP.
