When you need to pound in data, keeping your hands on the keyboard is always faster than typing, the mouse/eye, then hands back to typing, then mouse/eye. What I am interested in is leveraging keyboard commands, since although not GUI and oh-so-not-nouveau- cool, are the old fashioned way expert users get work done really fast. This question is application specific (Office) I know about OS system shortcuts (and use those often as well). I'm also not interested in the Accessibility feature (Ctrl-F2) which is very slow compared to direct access since you're essentially replicating a mouse action, rather than an actual keyboard shortcut.
In Windows Excel 2003, you can access any menu command through the keyboard in a very efficient way.Ī lot of Mac people respond to Alt-key questions with the standard shortcuts (Command "O" is open) or thinking the problem is that there is user confusion because there is no Alt key ("it's the Option or Command key"). If you've never used Excel on a Windows machine, you will likely misunderstand this request (based on my review of Google search results). I am looking for Alt-key navigation for the Mac versions of Windows Office (at least as available through Windows Office 2003 versions). Since I can't take "no" for an answer I thought I'd try this forum, although doesn't seem to have a place for non-Apple apps for the Mac.
Availabilityįind All in Excel for Mac is available to Insiders running Version 16.56 (Build 21110701) or later.An ongoing shortfall on the Mac (for me) has always been the lack of Alt-key control of the menus in Office-in Word, PowerPoint and especially Excel. You can easily re-use one of your last five search terms just click the Find what dropdown arrow and choose the term from the list. Click the result to be taken to that cell, and edit the cell without closing the dialog (press Enter or click out of the cell to save your edits). Open the Find dialog and search on a term. Edit a cell with the Find dialog open.Click an item to select that cell in the worksheet. Search for a term using Find All and scan the list of results for the one you want. Quickly locate a specific cell containing your search term.You can use Find All in Excel to search for a term, and then check the status bar to see how many cells contain it. Determine how many cells contain a certain word or value.Click any item in the list to select the corresponding cell in your worksheet.You’ll notice that the dialog box expands to show a list of all the cells that contain the search term, and the total number of cells in which it appears. Enter your search term and click the Find All button.To open the Find and Replace dialog box, press Control+F or click Home > Find & Select > Find.It’s easy to use Find All in Excel for Mac. No more having to click Find Next to check the cells one at a time.Īlso, since the updated Find and Replace dialog box is non-modal, you can make edits to cells even with the dialog open (something that wasn’t previously possible).
This update helps you find what you’re looking for faster and more easily, because you can see a list of all the cells that contain your search term. Over the years, many users have asked us to add the Find All feature they enjoy in Excel for Windows to Excel for Mac. We’ve also added some long-requested search functionality: Find All! Find All in Excel I’m excited to announce some improvements to the Find and Replace feature in Excel for Mac-you can now edit cells without having to close the dialog box first. Hey, Office Insiders! I’m Steve Kraynak, a Program Manager on the Excel team.