Alt N V O on Mac: Online Movie in PowerPoint
To run Online Movie with Alt N V O in PowerPoint on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type N, V, O. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.
Step by step
Install LightningXL
Download LightningXL, then follow the instructions. Setup takes about two minutes.
Select what to act on
Select the slide, text or object the command should apply to.
Tap Option, then type N V O
Tap ⌥ on its own to show the keytips, then N for Insert, V for Video, O for Online Movie.
What Alt N V O does
Online Movie sits under Insert › Video on the PowerPoint ribbon. On Windows, Alt N V O runs it from the keyboard. PowerPoint for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Insert › Video › Online Movie instead.
Related shortcuts
The rest of the Video menu in PowerPoint:
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