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Alt A S S on Mac: Sort in Excel

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

⌥Option
AData
S
SSort

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 S S

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then A for Data, S S for Sort.

What Alt A S S does

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

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The rest of the Data tab in Excel:

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