Alt A W G on Mac: Goal Seek in Excel

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

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 G

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then A for Data, W for What-If Analysis, G for Goal Seek.

What Alt A W G does

Goal Seek sits under Data › What-If Analysis on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt A W G runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Data › What-If Analysis › Goal Seek instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the What-If Analysis menu in Excel:

• ⌥AWS Scenario Manager
• ⌥AWT Data Table