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Alt H G K on Mac: Send to Back in PowerPoint

To run Send to Back with Alt H G K in PowerPoint on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, G, K. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
HHome
GArrange
KSend to Back

Step by step

  1. Install LightningXL

    Download LightningXL, then follow the instructions. Setup takes about two minutes.

  2. Select what to act on

    Select the slide, text or object the command should apply to.

  3. Tap Option, then type H G K

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, G for Arrange, K for Send to Back.

What Alt H G K does

Send to Back sits under Home › Arrange on the PowerPoint ribbon. On Windows, Alt H G K runs it from the keyboard. PowerPoint for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Home › Arrange › Send to Back instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Arrange menu in PowerPoint:

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