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Alt H F K on Mac: Decrease Font Size in Excel

To run Decrease Font Size with Alt H F K in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, F, K. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
HHome
F
KDecrease Font Size

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 F K

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, F K for Decrease Font Size.

What Alt H F K does

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

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Home tab in Excel:

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