Alt H G O L on Mac: Rotate Left 90° in PowerPoint

To run Rotate Left 90° with Alt H G O L in PowerPoint on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, G, O, L. 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

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

3. Tap Option, then type H G O L

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, G for Arrange, O for Rotate, L for Rotate Left 90°.

What Alt H G O L does

Rotate Left 90° sits under Home › Arrange › Rotate on the PowerPoint ribbon. On Windows, Alt H G O L runs it from the keyboard. PowerPoint for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Home › Arrange › Rotate › Rotate Left 90° instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Rotate menu in PowerPoint:

• ⌥HGOR Rotate Right 90°
• ⌥HGOV Flip Vertical
• ⌥HGOH Flip Horizontal
• ⌥HGOM More Rotation Options