Accelerator Keys

Use Windows alt-key shortcuts in Mac Excel

4.6•11 reviews•

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Use Windows alt-key shortcuts in Mac Excel

4.6•11 reviews•

17 followers

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Mac users of Excel have struggled with the lack of alt-key shortcuts for the past 10 years. I built this app using macOS' new accessibility features to solve this. Check it out @ https://acceleratorkeys.com.

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Hi. I'm so glad I found your product. I just switched from Windows to Mac and I used Excel a lot. The lack of the Alt+ navigation is driving me crazy. I'm trying it out the free trial of your product. It looks pretty good. One problem I found however, is that the Alt+A for the data ribbon does not work. Like it takes me to the Data ribbon but I cannot further navigate through the buttons in that ribbon. Will you please check this issue?

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5yr ago

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accidentally deleted my previous comment, but for future visitors to this thread, this was fixed in Accelerator Keys. thanks for the purchase Pukitta!

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5yr ago

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Maker

Hi PH! I built Accelerator Keys last year to scratch my own itch. I'd picked up alt-key shortcuts when working in finance - after I switched to a Mac, I realised these weren't available on Mac Excel, and decided to fix that. There were a few threads on Reddit and Microsoft forums about this (links below), so it seems I'm not the only one who has wanted this for a while. Learned a lot about macOS accessibility features while building this. Hope the PH community finds it useful! Forum links: * https://www.reddit.com/r/excel/c... * https://answers.microsoft.com/en...

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5yr ago

I bought this last fall after completing the free trial and loved it! I spent countless hours searching reddit pages, forums, and various websites trying to find a solution to the Accelerator Keys problem on Mac. This has been fantastic and works exactly as I needed it too! Only issue, I had was it would sometimes mess up on my dual monitors, but that was fixed by a patch in the last update so now everything works perfectly! I think this is a super elegant solution as it runs in the background and only works when you have excel opened! I'd say it has 90% of the shortcuts that Windows does, with more being added all the time and custom requests available as well. Overall I'd give it a 9/10!!

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5yr ago

I switched to Mac earlier this year after leaving investment banking (heavy excel usage). Accelerator Keys is a fantastic product and has significantly sped up my workflow when I’m doing financial modeling. The one thing I will say at this point is it runs “slower” than native windows hot keys, so I have to be intentional about going a little more slowly. I suspect this will be tough to get around. Regardless, Accelerator keys is infinitely more efficient than using my trackpad. Thanks for creating this!

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5yr ago

This product is outstanding. I spent months searching for a solution that wasn't a Virtual Machine or Boot Camp on my Mac. This is hands down the best solution for using alt codes on your Mac. I use Excel every day and this has all the functionality I need. I highly recommend this product to anyone looking to use Excel alt key codes on Mac

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5yr ago

This product is great if you use Excel on a Mac. Highly recommend!

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5yr ago

The coupon code doesn't work...

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4yr ago

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@marciscaru87 Hi apologies, I switched out my licensing backend recently, and didn't set up the coupon there. It's available now!

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4yr ago

4.6

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Reviewers say Accelerator Keys fills a real gap for Mac Excel users, especially people coming from Windows in accounting, finance, and analysis roles. The main appeal is simple: it brings familiar Alt-based shortcuts to Mac and saves time, making Excel feel much easier and faster to use. Users also describe setup as straightforward. Limits do come up, though: a few shortcuts are still missing, some report slight input lag or failures with multiple Excel windows, and several reviews mention slow support around billing, refunds, or moving licenses, even when issues were eventually resolved.

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