Alt W F R on Mac: Freeze Top Row in Excel
To run Freeze Top Row with Alt W F R in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type W, F, R. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.
Step by step
Install LightningXL
Download LightningXL, then follow the instructions. Setup takes about two minutes.
Select what to act on
Click a cell, or select the range the command should apply to.
Tap Option, then type W F R
Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then W for View, F for Freeze Panes, R for Freeze Top Row.
What Alt W F R does
Freeze Top Row sits under View › Freeze Panes on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt W F R runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through View › Freeze Panes › Freeze Top Row instead.
Related shortcuts
The rest of the Freeze Panes menu in Excel:
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