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Alt H F P on Mac: Format Painter in Excel

To run Format Painter with Alt H F P in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, F, P. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
HHome
F
PFormat Painter

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 P

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, F P for Format Painter.

What Alt H F P does

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

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Home tab in Excel:

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