Alt L V on Mac: Visual Basic in Excel

To run Visual Basic with Alt L V in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type L, V. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

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 V

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the keytips, then L for Developer, V for Visual Basic.

What Alt L V does

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

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Developer tab in Excel:

• ⌥LM Macros
• ⌥LR Record Macro
• ⌥LU Use Relative References
• ⌥LE Excel Add-ins
• ⌥LB Button
• ⌥LG Group Box
• ⌥LC Combo Box
• ⌥LL Label