Alt H B T on Mac: Thick Outside Borders in Excel

To run Thick Outside Borders with Alt H B T in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, B, T. 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 B T

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the keytips, then H for Home, B for Borders, T for Thick Outside Borders.

What Alt H B T does

Thick Outside Borders sits under Home › Borders on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt H B T runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Home › Borders › Thick Outside Borders instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Borders menu in Excel:

• ⌥HBR Right Border
• ⌥HBN No Border
• ⌥HBA All Borders
• ⌥HBS Outside Borders
• ⌥HBB Bottom Double Border
• ⌥HBH Thick Bottom Border
• ⌥HBD Top and Bottom Border
• ⌥HBC Top and Thick Bottom Border