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Alt A G A on Mac: Auto Outline in Excel

To run Auto Outline with Alt A G A in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type A, G, A. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
AData
GGroup
AAuto Outline

Step by step

  1. Install LightningXL

    Download LightningXL, then follow the instructions. Setup takes about two minutes.

  2. Select what to act on

    Click a cell, or select the range the command should apply to.

  3. Tap Option, then type A G A

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then A for Data, G for Group, A for Auto Outline.

What Alt A G A does

Auto Outline sits under Data › Group on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt A G A runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Data › Group › Auto Outline instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Group menu in Excel:

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