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Alt W V D on Mac: Data Type Icons in Excel

To run Data Type Icons with Alt W V D in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type W, V, D. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
WView
V
DData Type Icons

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 W V D

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then W for View, V D for Data Type Icons.

What Alt W V D does

Data Type Icons sits on the View tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt W V D runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through View › Data Type Icons instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the View tab in Excel:

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