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Alt J D A Y L on Mac: Rotate Left 90° in PowerPoint

To run Rotate Left 90° with Alt J D A Y L in PowerPoint on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type J, D, A, Y, L. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
J
DShape Format
A
YRotate
LRotate Left 90°

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 J D A Y L

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then J D for Shape Format, A Y for Rotate, L for Rotate Left 90°.

What Alt J D A Y L does

Rotate Left 90° sits under Shape Format › Rotate on the PowerPoint ribbon. On Windows, Alt J D A Y L runs it from the keyboard. PowerPoint for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Shape Format › Rotate › Rotate Left 90° instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Rotate menu in PowerPoint:

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