Saturday, June 8, 2013

Keyboard shortcut for ribbon interface in Mac Office 2011 with @shortcatapp


Thanks to Shortcat (http://shortcatapp.com/), I can access the Office ribbon interface in Mac OSX Office 2011 with a keyboard shortcut!

After installing Shortcat, use this key sequence to select the Home ribbon tab (which is alt,h):
  • Command key icon-Shift icon-Space (cmd-shift-space) to activate Shortcat
  • '.' (period) to display all available Shortcat options
  • Control key icon-J (control-j or whatever letter is above the home ribbon tab) to select the home tab 
  • Enter


While a casual observer may think that this is too much of a hassle, this keyboard sequence is extremely helpful when you're working with multiple large monitors and your mouse is far from where you need it to be.

2 comments:

Parry said...

Hi, Jason

On my computer, Shortcat is not highlighting elements inside my Excel window. It just highlights options on the menu bar. Even after I input a period. Can you tell me whether you had enabled this some way?

jyeee said...

Thanks, Parry - I've noticed this unexpected behavior as well and submitted this to support: http://support.shortcatapp.com/discussions/problems/364-microsoft-office-2011