Please help. I was recently hired by a Venture Capital firm that uses MacBooks instead of PCs. I’m extremely efficient with Excel on PCs and am struggling with the transition to Mac. Do any Mac users have a list of keyboard shortcuts that they use frequently, or any other tips/tricks?

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I'd quit.

The company is style over substance and has no future.

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Y'all need to chill. It was clearly a joke.

Excel on Windows doesn't have all the shortcuts (likely out of spite from Microsoft) and OP just has to get used to it.

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There shouldn’t be too much difference except increased usage of the Command button

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Ask if you can download parallels which effectively installs a windows operating system onto the Mac. When I was in business school everyone with a Mac ended up doing that

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Nice setup D1, see you in the MK community with that HHKB and Rotring 😉

Alternatively, you can get a board that lets you map keys too. A 60% and 65% would be perfect.

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At some point in their growth stage they will realize how impractical Macs are from a business perspective. Hang in there!

Mac Excel has limitations comparing to the PC version (some formulas and etc). Ask IT to install you a virtual machine with Windows and Excel.

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