Alt N P O on Mac: Place over Cells in Excel

To run Place over Cells with Alt N P O in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type N, P, O. 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 N P O

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then N for Insert, P for Pictures, O for Place over Cells.

What Alt N P O does

Place over Cells sits under Insert › Pictures on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt N P O runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Insert › Pictures › Place over Cells instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Pictures menu in Excel:

• ⌥NPC Place in Cell