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Alt H O E on Mac: Format Cells in Excel

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

⌥Option
HHome
OFormat
EFormat Cells

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 O E

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, O for Format, E for Format Cells.

What Alt H O E does

Format Cells sits under Home › Format on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt H O E runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Home › Format › Format Cells instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Format menu in Excel:

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