Alt P B A on Mac: Reset All Page Breaks in Excel

To run Reset All Page Breaks with Alt P B A in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type P, B, A. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

Option
PPage Layout
BBreaks
AReset All Page Breaks

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 P B A

    Tap on its own to show the key tips, then P for Page Layout, B for Breaks, A for Reset All Page Breaks.

What Alt P B A does

Reset All Page Breaks sits under Page Layout › Breaks on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt P B A runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Page Layout › Breaks › Reset All Page Breaks instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Breaks menu in Excel:

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