Alt X Y on Mac: Symbol menu in Excel
To open the Symbol menu with Alt X Y in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type X, Y. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.
⌥Option
XLightningXL
YSymbol
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 Y
Tap ⌥ on its own to show the keytips, then X for LightningXL, Y for Symbol. That opens the Symbol menu; the next keytips show the items in it.
What Alt X Y does
Alt X Y opens the Symbol menu on the LightningXL tab of Excel. Type one more key to pick an item:
- ⌥XYD Dollar
- ⌥XYP Pound
- ⌥XYE Euro
- ⌥XYY Yen / Yuan
- ⌥XYW Won
- ⌥XYB Bitcoin
- ⌥XYC Cent
- ⌥XYS Subtract
- ⌥XYM Multiply
- ⌥XYV Divide
- ⌥XYL Ellipsis
- ⌥XYU Bullet
- ⌥XYN Section
- ⌥XYT Beta
- ⌥XYA Delta
- ⌥XYO Copyright
- ⌥XYR Trademark
- ⌥XYG Registered Trademark
Related shortcuts
The rest of the LightningXL tab in Excel:
- ⌥XO Format
- ⌥XC Cells
- ⌥XR Formulas
- ⌥XP Paste
- ⌥XM Comments
- ⌥XT Trace
- ⌥XXP Export To PowerPoint
- ⌥XXW Export To Word
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