Alt W N on Mac: New Window in Excel

To run New Window with Alt W N in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type W, N. 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 W N

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the keytips, then W for View, N for New Window.

What Alt W N does

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

Related shortcuts

The rest of the View tab in Excel:

• ⌥WS Show (collapsed group)
• ⌥WJ Zoom to 100%
• ⌥WQ Zoom
• ⌥WG Zoom to Selection
• ⌥WA Arrange All
• ⌥WF Freeze Panes
• ⌥WB Split
• ⌥WU Hide