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Alt N S P on Mac: Recommended PivotTables in Excel

To run Recommended PivotTables with Alt N S P in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type N, S, P. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
NInsert
S
PRecommended PivotTables

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 N S P

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then N for Insert, S P for Recommended PivotTables.

What Alt N S P does

Recommended PivotTables sits on the Insert tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt N S P runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Insert › Recommended PivotTables instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Insert tab in Excel:

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