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Alt A H on Mac: Hide Detail in Excel

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

⌥Option
AData
HHide Detail

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 H

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then A for Data, H for Hide Detail.

What Alt A H does

Hide Detail sits on the Data tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt A H runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Data › Hide Detail instead.

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The rest of the Data tab in Excel:

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