Alt P T F on Mac: Fonts in Excel

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

Option
PPage Layout
T
FFonts

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 T F

    Tap on its own to show the key tips, then P for Page Layout, T F for Fonts.

What Alt P T F does

Fonts sits on the Page Layout tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt P T F runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Page Layout › Fonts instead.

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The rest of the Page Layout tab in Excel:

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