Alt H 6 Y on Mac: Very Loose in PowerPoint

To run Very Loose with Alt H 6 Y in PowerPoint on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, 6, Y. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
HHome
6Character Spacing
YVery Loose

Step by step

  1. Install LightningXL

    Download LightningXL, then follow the instructions. Setup takes about two minutes.

  2. Select what to act on

    Select the slide, text or object the command should apply to.

  3. Tap Option, then type H 6 Y

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the keytips, then H for Home, 6 for Character Spacing, Y for Very Loose.

What Alt H 6 Y does

Very Loose sits under Home › Character Spacing on the PowerPoint ribbon. On Windows, Alt H 6 Y runs it from the keyboard. PowerPoint for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Home › Character Spacing › Very Loose instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Character Spacing menu in PowerPoint:

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