Alt W Z N on Mac: New Sheet View in Excel
To run New Sheet View with Alt W Z N in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type W, Z, N. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.
Step by step
Install LightningXL
Download LightningXL, then follow the instructions. Setup takes about two minutes.
Select what to act on
Click a cell, or select the range the command should apply to.
Tap Option, then type W Z N
Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then W for View, Z N for New Sheet View.
What Alt W Z N does
New Sheet View sits on the View tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt W Z N runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through View › New Sheet View instead.
Related shortcuts
The rest of the View tab in Excel:
- ⌥WZV Switch Sheet View
- ⌥WK Keep
- ⌥WX Exit
- ⌥WZO Sheet View Options
- ⌥WL Normal
- ⌥WI Page Break Preview
- ⌥WP Page Layout
- ⌥WC Custom Views
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