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Alt A F F on Mac: Flash Fill in Excel

To run Flash Fill with Alt A F F in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type A, F, F. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
AData
F
FFlash Fill

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 A F F

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then A for Data, F F for Flash Fill.

What Alt A F F does

Flash Fill sits on the Data tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt A F F runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Data › Flash Fill instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Data tab in Excel:

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