Alt A W on Mac: What-If Analysis menu in Excel

To open the What-If Analysis menu with Alt A W in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type A, W. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
AData
WWhat-If Analysis

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 W

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the keytips, then A for Data, W for What-If Analysis. That opens the What-If Analysis menu; the next keytips show the items in it.

What Alt A W does

Alt A W opens the What-If Analysis menu on the Data tab of Excel. Type one more key to pick an item:

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Data tab in Excel:

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