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Alt W J on Mac: Zoom to 100% in Excel

To run Zoom to 100% with Alt W J in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type W, J. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
WView
JZoom to 100%

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 J

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then W for View, J for Zoom to 100%.

What Alt W J does

Zoom to 100% sits on the View tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt W J runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through View › Zoom to 100% instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the View tab in Excel:

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