Alt H 2 on Mac: Italic in Excel

To run Italic with Alt H 2 in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, 2. 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 H 2

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the keytips, then H for Home, 2 for Italic.

What Alt H 2 does

Italic sits on the Home tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt H 2 runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Home › Italic instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Home tab in Excel:

• ⌥HFS Font Size
• ⌥HFG Increase Font Size
• ⌥HFK Decrease Font Size
• ⌥H1 Bold
• ⌥H3 Underline
• ⌥HB Borders
• ⌥HH Fill Color
• ⌥HFC Font Color