Alt H O U R on Mac: Hide Rows in Excel

To run Hide Rows with Alt H O U R in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, O, U, R. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

Option
HHome
OFormat
UHide & Unhide
RHide Rows

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 U R

    Tap on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, O for Format, U for Hide & Unhide, R for Hide Rows.

What Alt H O U R does

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

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Hide & Unhide menu in Excel:

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