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Alt X L C on Mac: Fill Color Cycle in Excel

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

⌥Option
XLightningXL
L
CFill 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 L C

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

What Alt X L C does

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

Related shortcuts

The rest of the LightningXL tab in Excel:

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