Alt J I 3 on Mac: Pencil in PowerPoint

To run Pencil with Alt J I 3 in PowerPoint on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type J, I, 3. 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 J I 3

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then J I for Draw, 3 for Pencil.

What Alt J I 3 does

Pencil sits on the Draw tab of the PowerPoint ribbon. On Windows, Alt J I 3 runs it from the keyboard. PowerPoint for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Draw › Pencil instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Draw tab in PowerPoint:

• ⌥JIE Eraser
• ⌥JIL Lasso Select
• ⌥JI1 Pen 1
• ⌥JI2 Pen 2
• ⌥JI4 Highlighter
• ⌥JI5 Pen 3
• ⌥JIA Add
• ⌥JIIT Ink to Text