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Alt H O L on Mac: Lock Cell in Excel

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

⌥Option
HHome
OFormat
LLock Cell

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 L

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, O for Format, L for Lock Cell.

What Alt H O L does

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

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Format menu in Excel:

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