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Alt H F D M on Mac: Notes in Excel

To run Notes with Alt H F D M in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, F, D, M. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
HHome
F
DFind & Select
MNotes

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 F D M

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, F D for Find & Select, M for Notes.

What Alt H F D M does

Notes sits under Home › Find & Select on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt H F D M runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Home › Find & Select › Notes instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Find & Select menu in Excel:

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