Alt H B G on Mac: Draw Border Grid in Excel

To run Draw Border Grid with Alt H B G in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, B, G. 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

   Click a cell, or select the range the command should apply to.

3. Tap Option, then type H B G

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, B for Borders, G for Draw Border Grid.

What Alt H B G does

Draw Border Grid sits under Home › Borders on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt H B G runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Home › Borders › Draw Border Grid instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Borders menu in Excel:

• ⌥HBD Top and Bottom Border
• ⌥HBC Top and Thick Bottom Border
• ⌥HBU Top and Double Bottom Border
• ⌥HBW Draw Border
• ⌥HBE Erase Border
• ⌥HBI Line Color
• ⌥HBY Line Style
• ⌥HBM More Borders