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Alt H V K on Mac: Keep Source Formatting in Excel

To run Keep Source Formatting with Alt H V K in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, V, K. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
HHome
VPaste
KKeep Source Formatting

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 V K

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, V for Paste, K for Keep Source Formatting.

What Alt H V K does

Keep Source Formatting sits under Home › Paste on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt H V K runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Home › Paste › Keep Source Formatting instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Paste menu in Excel:

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