Originally published at: Microsoft Office for Mac 16.89 - TidBITS
Adds the ability to use the keyboard to work with the ribbon in all Office apps. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update, macOS 12+)
I’m on 16.89 and the What’s New item doesn’t mention the feature of the keyboard working with the ribbon. I tried in Excel and Word. Holding the Option key down does nothing. Maybe there’s an extra step needed?
I haven’t tried it, but there is an article on the subject at Microsoft’s support site:
Use the keyboard to work with the ribbon - Microsoft Support
I see, thanks. The TidBITS article linked at top says “This new feature enables you to press the Option key to display KeyTips on the ribbon, which can then be navigated via the keyboard”. That’s what I was looking for and still can’t find, even with Keyboard Navigation turned on in System Settings. But regardless I realize I can’t use the feature if it requires Keyboard Navigation to be turned on, as I like tab to only move between fields (or insert tab characters in Word).
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You might want to have a look at Homerow and Shortcat, both of which are more generally useful and should allow you to access the ribbon from the keyboard.
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Good point!