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Alt W C on Mac: Custom Views in Excel

To run Custom Views with Alt W C in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type W, C. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
WView
CCustom Views

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 W C

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then W for View, C for Custom Views.

What Alt W C does

Custom Views sits on the View tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt W C runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through View › Custom Views instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the View tab in Excel:

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