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Many of you are transitioning to Excel for the Mac, and have asked us what our favorite Excel Mac shortcuts are. While our keyboard covers show the 20 most commonly used shortcuts, there are definitely a few gems that really make using Excel on the Mac that much better than the PC. That’s right…I said it…Excel for the Mac is better than the PC!
Like most of the Office suite, Excel was a Mac product long before Microsoft got around to releasing a Windows version. And there was a long time when the Mac Office suite was essentially ignored by Microsoft. It's important that Office 2016 be updated to the latest version in Sierra. Current version is 14.38. Update history for Office 2016 for Mac - Office.
Here are the Top 5:
1) Increase/Decrease Font Size – SHIFT+COMMAND+. (increase)SHIFT+COMMAND+, (decrease)
The reason why this is the best Mac Excel shortcut is because it doesn’t even exist on the PC! Quickly increase and decrease the font size without going through the Format Cells menu or clicking on the pesky font size drop-down in the toolbar.
2) Delete Everything in Selected Cells – FN+DELETE
Why is it so hard to delete stuff in Excel for the Mac? Press fn+delete and you’ll actually delete everything in your selection and the delete button actually works like it’s intended to work.
3) Create Filter – SHIFT+COMMAND+F
You have a list of data and you need to create a filter. Instead of going through the regular toolbar, navigate to the first row with the field names in your list and hit shift+command+f. Simple.
4) Center Align Data – COMMAND+E
You have a bunch of cells with data and they are all weirdly aligned. Some are right-aligned and some are left-aligned. The reason why this shortcut is so powerful is because it’s SO EASY to use! There is no equivalent on the PC; the PC shortcut is ALT, H, A, C! Definitely a lot simpler to hit command+e in my opinion!
5) Autosum a Bunch of Numbers – SHIFT+COMMAND+T
We’ve all had to type =SUM(blah blah blah) before to sum a bunch of numbers. This handy shortcut let’s you create the sum automatically without having to type in the formula! Just go to the empty cell below a bunch of numbers you want to sum and hit shift+command+t and Excel automatically knows which cells you want to sum!
In conclusion, Excel for the Mac is pretty powerful…
Which Excel for Mac shortcuts do you use every day? Which Excel shortcuts on the PC do you wish existed on the Mac?
Folks,
I've researched till I'm blue in the face...literally. This is my last hope so I thought I would stop here. I've snooped around in these forums for awhile but never really posted. Thought maybe you all could help a brother out.
My excel seems fairly unstable, it crashes almost daily and I've learned that the cmd+s get's used more than any other quick key now. I'm not sure what to do.
I'm running every single update to both Office and the Mac and I still have issues with it.
The most repeatable crash that I can get to occur almost every time is running a 'Text to Column' on about 300 cells in a column. This occurs with both the delimited function and fixed width. Being in property management, I have to pull constant reports from Yardi. Most all of the reports are 97-2004.xls, and the Text to Column is crucially important as I need to convert entire columns from text to number/accounting. Also, I need to remove strip/split certain cells. For instance, I need to split '5901.0000 Depreciation' into two separate cells for sorting purposes. Again, crucially important.
I'll post my hardware/software specs below. If you any of you have any ideas, please let me know. #frustrated
Thanks all,
SOFTWARE:
1. EXCEL:
Microsoft Excel for Mac 2016
Version 15.31 (170208)
Office 365 Retail License
2. Macbook OS/Software:
System Version: macOS 10.12.3 (16D32)
Kernel Version: Darwin 16.4.0
Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
Boot Mode: Normal
Computer Name: Andrew Mullins MacBook Pro
User Name: Andrew Mullins (andyrmullins)
Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
System Integrity Protection: Enabled
Time since boot: 19:55
HARDWARE:
1. PROCESSING:
Model Identifier: MacBookPro12,1 (2015)
Processor Name: Intel Core i7 (Broadwell)
Processor Speed: 3.1 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP121.0167.B21
2. GRAPHICS:
Chipset Model: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 1536 MB
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x162b
Revision ID: 0x0009
3. STORAGE:
Device Name: APPLE SSD SM0512G (This is a 512gb SSD and it’s fast)
Media Name: APPLE SSD SM0512G Media
Size: 499.42 GB (499,418,034,176 bytes)
Medium Type: SSD
Protocol: PCI