Alt P B R on Mac: Remove Page Break in Excel

To run Remove Page Break with Alt P B R in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type P, B, R. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

Option
PPage Layout
BBreaks
RRemove Page Break

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 R

    Tap on its own to show the key tips, then P for Page Layout, B for Breaks, R for Remove Page Break.

What Alt P B R does

Remove Page Break sits under Page Layout › Breaks on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt P B R 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 › Remove Page Break instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Breaks menu in Excel:

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