If you have not previously created any macros in Microsoft Office Excel, use this procedure to access the developer tools and set up a VBA module.

1. Open an empty spreadsheet in Microsoft Office Excel.
2. Turn on the Developer ribbon tab:
   1. Select Options from the File ribbon tab. The Excel Options dialog opens.
   2. Select the Customize Ribbon tab in the dialog.
   3. Check the Developer option in the Main Tabs list.
   4. Click OK.

   For additional details, refer to https://support.office.com/en-us/article/show-the-developer-tab-e1192344-5e56-4d45-931b-e5fd9bea2d45.

3. In Excel, select the Visual Basic tool in the Code group on the Developer ribbon tab. The Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window opens. This is the development environment in which you will write your VBA code to have Excel interact with STAAD.Pro via OpenSTAAD.
4. Select Insert > Module. A new folder (named Modules) and an empty Module is added to the VBA Project.
5. Create a subroutine which will contain your code:
   1. In the Module1(Code) window, type Sub OS_Tutorial()
   2. Press <Return>. The coding tool automatically adds the End Sub code for you.
6. Press <Tab> to indent your code.
   Tip: Though not necessary to make your code function well, indenting and aligning code can make it much easier to read by people. It is a good practice to indent the code within a subroutine, and indent additionally within If statements or other children of the subroutine.
7. Type Sheet1.[A1].Value = "Hello World".

   This assigns the text string as the value of the cell A1 on worksheet Sheet1. This is a shorthand method in Excel VBA, where as you can also use Sheet1.cells(1, 1).Value. You can find details on Excel VBA here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/excel.worksheet.cells

   https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/excel/concepts/cells-and-ranges/reference-cells-and-ranges

8. Run your macro:

   select Run > Run Sub/User Form

   or

   select the Run Sub/User Form tool

   or

   press <F5>

   Your spreadsheet (in the Excel program window) now says "Hello World" in cell A1.
9. Save your spreadsheet file.
   Note: You will have to save this Excel Spreadsheet as a "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xslm)" format to maintain the VBA macro you just wrote.