Alt X P on Mac: Paste menu in Excel
To open the Paste menu with Alt X P in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type X, P. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.
⌥Option
XLightningXL
PPaste
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 X P
Tap ⌥ on its own to show the keytips, then X for LightningXL, P for Paste. That opens the Paste menu; the next keytips show the items in it.
What Alt X P does
Alt X P opens the Paste menu on the LightningXL tab of Excel. Type one more key to pick an item:
- ⌥XPI Paste Insert
- ⌥XPD Paste Duplicate
- ⌥XPE Paste Exact Formulas
- ⌥XPL Paste Links
- ⌥XPT Paste Transpose
- ⌥XPN Paste Number Formats
Related shortcuts
The rest of the LightningXL tab in Excel:
- ⌥XBC Border Color Cycle
- ⌥XO Format
- ⌥XC Cells
- ⌥XR Formulas
- ⌥XY Symbol
- ⌥XM Comments
- ⌥XT Trace
- ⌥XXP Export To PowerPoint
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