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Alt W V R on Mac: Ruler in Excel

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

⌥Option
WView
V
RRuler

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 R

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then W for View, V R for Ruler.

What Alt W V R does

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

Related shortcuts

The rest of the View tab in Excel:

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