Alt E S on Mac: Paste Special menu in Excel

To open the Paste Special menu with Alt E S in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type E, S. 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 E S

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then E for the legacy Edit menu, S for Paste Special. That opens the Paste Special menu; the next key tips show the items in it.

What Alt E S does

Alt E S opens the Paste Special menu, one of the legacy Edit-menu shortcuts in Excel. Type one more key to pick an item:

• ⌥ESV Values
• ⌥ESF Formulas
• ⌥EST Transpose
• ⌥ESO Formulas & Number Formatting
• ⌥ESK Keep Source Formatting
• ⌥ESW Keep Source Column Widths
• ⌥ESB No Borders
• ⌥ESA Values & Number Formatting
• ⌥ESR Formatting
• ⌥ESN Paste Link
• ⌥ESS Paste Special…

Related shortcuts

The rest of the legacy Edit shortcuts in Excel:

• ⌥ER Repeat
• ⌥ET Cut
• ⌥EC Copy
• ⌥EP Paste
• ⌥EA Clear
• ⌥ED Delete…
• ⌥EI Fill
• ⌥EF Find