Alt W S D on Mac: Data Type Icons in Excel
To run Data Type Icons with Alt W S D in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type W, S, D. 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 S D
Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then W for View, S for Show (collapsed group), D for Data Type Icons.
What Alt W S D does
Data Type Icons sits under View › Show (collapsed group) on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt W S D runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through View › Show (collapsed group) › Data Type Icons instead.
Related shortcuts
The rest of the Show (collapsed group) menu in Excel:
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