Alt R A on Mac: Check Accessibility menu in Excel

To open the Check Accessibility menu with Alt R A in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type R, A. 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 R A

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the keytips, then R for Review, A for Check Accessibility. That opens the Check Accessibility menu; the next keytips show the items in it.

What Alt R A does

Alt R A opens the Check Accessibility menu on the Review tab of Excel. Type one more key to pick an item:

• ⌥RAA Check Accessibility
• ⌥RAT Alt Text
• ⌥RAF Format as Table
• ⌥RAU Unmerge Cells
• ⌥RAH Accessibility Help

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Review tab in Excel:

• ⌥RS Spelling
• ⌥RE Thesaurus
• ⌥RWS Workbook Statistics
• ⌥RL Translate
• ⌥RGC Show Changes
• ⌥RC New Comment
• ⌥RD Delete
• ⌥RV Previous Comment