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Alt L E on Mac: Excel Add-ins in Excel

To run Excel Add-ins with Alt L E in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type L, E. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
LDeveloper
EExcel Add-ins

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 L E

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then L for Developer, E for Excel Add-ins.

What Alt L E does

Excel Add-ins sits on the Developer tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt L E runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Developer › Excel Add-ins instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Developer tab in Excel:

Every Windows shortcut you know, on your Mac

Alt key tips for the Excel, Word and PowerPoint ribbons, plus 100+ of the most common modeling shortcuts.

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