Alt H L H T on Mac: Text that Contains in Excel

To run Text that Contains with Alt H L H T in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, L, H, T. 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 L H T

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, L for Conditional Formatting, H for Highlight Cells Rules, T for Text that Contains.

What Alt H L H T does

Text that Contains sits under Home › Conditional Formatting › Highlight Cells Rules on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt H L H T runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Home › Conditional Formatting › Highlight Cells Rules › Text that Contains instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Highlight Cells Rules menu in Excel:

• ⌥HLHG Greater Than
• ⌥HLHL Less Than
• ⌥HLHB Between
• ⌥HLHE Equal To
• ⌥HLHA A Date Occurring
• ⌥HLHD Duplicate Values
• ⌥HLHM More Rules