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Alt H V O on Mac: Formulas & Number Formatting in Excel

To run Formulas & Number Formatting with Alt H V O in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, V, O. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
HHome
VPaste
OFormulas & Number 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 O

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, V for Paste, O for Formulas & Number Formatting.

What Alt H V O does

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

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Paste menu in Excel:

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