Alt X C on Mac: Cells menu in Excel

To open the Cells menu with Alt X C in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type X, C. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
XLightningXL
CCells

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 X C

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the keytips, then X for LightningXL, C for Cells. That opens the Cells menu; the next keytips show the items in it.

What Alt X C does

Alt X C opens the Cells menu on the LightningXL tab of Excel. Type one more key to pick an item:

Related shortcuts

The rest of the LightningXL tab in Excel:

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