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Alt J D S O M on Mac: More Outline Colors in PowerPoint

To run More Outline Colors with Alt J D S O M in PowerPoint on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type J, D, S, O, M. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

⌥Option
J
DShape Format
S
OShape Outline
MMore Outline Colors

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 S O M

    Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then J D for Shape Format, S O for Shape Outline, M for More Outline Colors.

What Alt J D S O M does

More Outline Colors sits under Shape Format › Shape Outline on the PowerPoint ribbon. On Windows, Alt J D S O M runs it from the keyboard. PowerPoint for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Shape Format › Shape Outline › More Outline Colors instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Shape Outline menu in PowerPoint:

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