Alt W V S on Mac: Synchronous Scrolling in Excel

To run Synchronous Scrolling with Alt W V S in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type W, V, S. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

Option
WView
V
SSynchronous Scrolling

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 V S

    Tap on its own to show the key tips, then W for View, V S for Synchronous Scrolling.

What Alt W V S does

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

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