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Alt X O C R on Mac: Border Color Cycle in Excel

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

⌥Option
XLightningXL
OFormat
CColor
RBorder 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 O C R

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

What Alt X O C R does

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

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Color menu in Excel:

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