Meet LightningXL

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LightningXL brings Windows-style Office shortcuts to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint on the Mac. It is built for finance and other keyboard-heavy workflows where ribbon access, formatting, and formula review need to stay fast.

What's included in this release:

  • Navigate every supported Office ribbon control with the same Alt key sequences used on Windows, triggered from the Mac Option key.
  • Apply more than 100 customizable modelling shortcuts for number formats, colours, borders, alignment, formulas, and navigation.
  • Trace precedents, dependents, and cross-sheet links so complex spreadsheet formulas are easier to audit.
  • Move formatted Excel ranges into PowerPoint or Word, then refresh the exported content from its original cells or chart.
  • Keep workbook contents on the Mac while using a seven-day full-feature trial and one annual license for automatic updates.

Together, familiar keytips, modelling macros, formula auditing, and cross-app exports bring a Windows-like professional Office workflow to macOS.