Alt Y 2 on Mac: Freeze Selection in Excel

To run Freeze Selection with Alt Y 2 in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type Y, 2. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

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 Y 2

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then Y for Automate, 2 for Freeze Selection.

What Alt Y 2 does

Freeze Selection sits on the Automate tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt Y 2 runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Automate › Freeze Selection instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Automate tab in Excel:

• ⌥YN New Script
• ⌥YV View Scripts
• ⌥YF Flow Templates
• ⌥Y1 Unhide All Rows and Columns
• ⌥Y3 Make a Subtable from a Selection
• ⌥Y4 Remove Hyperlinks from Sheet
• ⌥Y5 Count Empty Rows
• ⌥Y6 Return Table Data as JSON