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Alt P O P on Mac: Portrait in Excel

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

⌥Option
PPage Layout
OOrientation
PPortrait

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 P O P

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then P for Page Layout, O for Orientation, P for Portrait.

What Alt P O P does

Portrait sits under Page Layout › Orientation on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt P O P runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Page Layout › Orientation › Portrait instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Orientation menu in Excel:

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