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Alt X B C on Mac: Border Color Cycle in Excel

To run Border Color Cycle with Alt X B C in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type X, B, C. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
XLightningXL
B
CBorder Color Cycle

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 X B C

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then X for LightningXL, B C for Border Color Cycle.

What Alt X B C does

Border Color Cycle sits on the LightningXL tab of the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt X B C runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through LightningXL › Border Color Cycle instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the LightningXL tab in Excel:

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