Alt P S P on Mac: Page Setup in Excel

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

Option
PPage Layout
S
PPage Setup

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 S P

    Tap on its own to show the key tips, then P for Page Layout, S P for Page Setup.

What Alt P S P does

Page Setup sits on the Page Layout tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt P S 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 › Page Setup instead.

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