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Missing keysĪnother difference that may trip you up on a Mac is certain keys are missing. Personally, I like using the function keys to control the computer, so I leave this setting alone, and just the fn key when needed in Excel. In essence, this setting reverses behavior so that you need to use fn to control the Mac. If you do this, however, note that you won't be able to use function keys for things like Brightness, Volume, etc. Here you can check a box that will that will change function key behavior to work like "standard function keys". If you really hate using the fn key, you can change this behavior by changing a preference at System Preferences > Keyboard. You'll find the fn key in the lower left on your keyboard. To make function keys work like you expect in Excel, you need to add a key: the function or fn key. Why?īy default, Function keys on a Mac control the computer itself, things like screen brightness, volume, video pause and play, and so on. This means that if press only the function keys in Excel, you'll end up controlling the Mac, and not Excel. For example, you can use F1 for help, F7 for spelling, and shift + F3 to insert a function. But if you try these shortcuts directly on a Mac, they don't work.

Standard Mac keyboard with 12 function keysĪs you know, function keys are uses for many shortcuts in Excel. These keys sit at the top of the keyboard and are labeled F1 to F12 on standard keyboards and F13, F14 and higher on extended keyboards.

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Like their counterparts in the Windows world, Mac keyboards have function keys. The table below shows some example shortcuts with a translation. You'll see these symbols in menus across all applications, so they're not specific to Excel. There really aren't too many symbols, so I recommend that you bite the bullet and memorize them. The Mac Finder – abbreviations appear in all applications, not just Excel For example, the Command key is abbreviated as ⌘, the Control key with ⌃, and the option key as ⌥. These symbols have a long history on the Mac, and you'll find them in menus everywhere. One of more confusing aspects of keyboard shortcuts on the Mac are the symbols you'll see for certain keys. Mac laptops have a ‘hidden’ numeric keypad, as discussed in the WebAIM article mentioned above, though due to the extra keystrokes required to access it, this approach is not recommended.Also see: Excel shortcuts on the Mac // 3 minute video 1. Use the numpad on the Mac laptop keyboard

The Windows “Remapkey” tool mentioned in this WebAIM article.

There are a number of utilities that can be used to achieve this, including the following. Use a key remapping program within Windows

VirtualBox passes all keys except the Host Key directly to the Virtual Machine, so you would need to use a key remapping program within Windows.

If you are running Windows in a Virtual Machine on OS X, the VM application will most likely offer a key-mapping facility. Use your Virtual Machine to map a key (or combination) to INSERT In this case, you have three options, detailed below. If you have a Mac laptop, or non-numeric keyboard If you wish, you can also map other keys (such as the relatively unused F16) to INSERT, too (more details below). Thanks to Hans Hillen for pointing this out.

Then the “0” key on the numeric keypad is INSERT in Windows. If you have an Apple keyboard with numeric keypad

CAPS LOCK cannot be easily used as a replacement, due to the different (to Windows) way that Mac keyboards handle it.

Mac laptops do not have the INSERT key.

You may want to use keystrokes in screen readers such as INSERT+F7 (in NVDA or JAWS) to bring up a list of links on the page, or INSERT+CTRL+ (in JAWS) to bring up a list of ARIA landmark regions. This article collects together and updates advice I have encountered on and off the web to access or map the INSERT key in Windows on a Mac (either in a Virtual Machine or via Boot Camp), which is useful when you are using assistive technologies such as screen readers.