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PerrySjogren_'s avatar
PerrySjogren_
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Jun 21, 2024

KeyTips now available in Office for Mac

Microsoft 365 Insiders,

 

Happy Friday! Great news for Office for Mac users! KeyTip support is finally coming to Office for Mac, enhancing navigation and boosting productivity. Want to learn more about these popular keyboard shortcuts? Check out our latest blog post by Hugo Garcia, Product Manager on the Microsoft 365 team: KeyTips now available in Office for Mac 

 

KeyTips in Office for Mac are now available to Microsoft 365 Insiders, and they’ll be available to all Office for Mac users in the coming months.

 

Thanks!

 

Perry Sjogren

Microsoft 365 Insider Social Media Manager

 

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  • jools-r's avatar
    jools-r
    Copper Contributor

    Is there a way to either disable this feature entirely, or to re-assign the trigger function to another key? I can't find any settings (I am on the insider/beta channel).

     

    I understand the value of the new feature, but the Option key is such a commonly used modifier key on the mac – e.g. in conjunction with other keys for diacritics, accents, non-breaking spaces, en/em dashes – that any slight typing inaccuracy where you haven't pressed both keys exactly together takes you out of the typing flow and into navigating the ribbon.

     

    At best, there's the irritation of losing your place and having to go back and retype, at worst, you have accidentally activated an unwanted function, and need to undo your way back to where you were. That quickly gets frustrating when it happens repeatedly.

     

    • Hugo-Garcia's avatar
      Hugo-Garcia
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      Hi Julian! Thank you for taking the time to send in your feedback. In the latest Office Insiders build, you'll notice that keytips are off by default (and if you'd like to use keytips, you can pick a shortcut that works for you under Preferences > Accessibility > Keytips)
      • jools-r's avatar
        jools-r
        Copper Contributor
        Hi Hugo-Garcia! Yes, I see it in the settings panel. That's a good solution. Thank you for listening!
  • Shardul's avatar
    Shardul
    Copper Contributor

    i am using excel version 16.92 beta version on mac and still i am not able to use the key tips where i can activate the ribbon while pressing the option key on the keyboard, can you guide me how to do the same, under preferences and accessibility there is no option to enable key tips.

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