Ribbon keytips
Every ModelXcel Pro ribbon command is reachable from the keyboard through Excel’s key-tips. Press Alt to reveal them, X to open the ModelXcel Pro tab, then the two-letter keytip for the command. This is the complete map, group by group, straight from the ribbon definition.
How keytips work
Press Alt and Excel paints a letter over every ribbon tab. Press X to open ModelXcel Pro, and a two‑letter keytip appears on each command. Type those two letters to run it. So Format Selection is Alt, X, F, S. Split buttons run their primary action on the keytip; open their menu with the mouse (the menu items carry no keytips).
Keytips drive ribbon buttons — they are not global shortcuts
A keytip always starts from Alt and walks the ribbon. It is Excel’s mechanism, not the add‑in’s. Where a command also has a single‑chord global shortcut (like Ctrl+Shift+J), that chord is listed in the last column and described in full under Global shortcuts.
Format
Group keytip F. Smart Formatting and the formatting utilities.
| Command | Keytip | Global shortcut | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Format Selection | Alt, X, F, S | Ctrl+Shift+J | Smart‑formats the selected range. |
| Format Sheet | Alt, X, F, A | Ctrl+Shift+Q | Smart‑formats the whole active sheet. |
| Auto Format | Alt, X, A, F | Ctrl+Shift+X | Toggle: format as you type. |
| Auto Fit | Alt, X, A, T | — | Primary = Auto‑Fit Selection. Menu adds Fit Sheet and an “Auto‑Fit while typing” toggle. See the AT note below. |
| Text Case | Alt, X, T, C | — | Primary applies the current case; menu picks Sentence / lower / UPPER / Proper. |
| Empty Refs | Alt, X, E, R | — | Highlights empty referenced cells; menu scopes Selection / Sheet / Workbook. |
| Themes | Alt, X, T, H | — | Primary opens the theme gallery; menu lists the built‑in palettes. |
| Settings | Alt, X, S, E | — | Formatting preferences (includes the Smart Formatting shortcut toggle). |
| Undo Format | Alt, X, U, F | — | Reverts the last Smart / Auto Format. Enabled only when there’s something to undo. |
Formula Tools
No group keytip. Tracing, analysis, and the formula workbenches.
| Command | Keytip | Global shortcut | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precedents | Alt, X, T, P | — | Trace precedents of the selection. |
| Dependents | Alt, X, T, D | — | Trace dependents of the selection. |
| Flow Diagram | Alt, X, F, D | Ctrl+Shift+W | Opens Formula Explorer on the Flow Diagram tab. |
| TrustLens | Alt, X, F, I | Ctrl+Shift+I | Opens the TrustLens workbench for the selected cell. |
| CalcScope | Alt, X, P, P | Ctrl+Shift+Y | Primary opens CalcScope; the menu adds Dock CalcScope (no shortcut) and Classic Pretty Print. Ctrl+Shift+Y always opens Classic Pretty Print, not the CalcScope tree. |
| Sensitivity | Alt, X, S, A | Ctrl+Shift+S | Tornado / driver ranking for the selected output. |
Name Conversion
No group keytip. None of these have a global shortcut — they are keytip‑only.
| Command | Keytip | Global shortcut | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flatten Names | Alt, X, F, N | — | Replace defined names with direct references. |
| Apply Names | Alt, X, A, N | — | Replace matching references with their defined names. |
| Restore | Alt, X, R, N | — | Undo the last conversion. Enabled only while a snapshot exists. |
Map
No group keytip. Structure and risk visualization.
| Command | Keytip | Global shortcut | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worksheet Map | Alt, X, W, M | — | The map button has no chord, but the open map pane responds to Ctrl+Shift+M / E / G — see Global shortcuts. |
| Risk Heatmap | Alt, X, R, H | Ctrl+Shift+R | Primary toggles the heatmap; menu picks view mode, sheets, and colors. |
Compare
No group keytip. Keytip‑only.
| Command | Keytip | Global shortcut | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compare | Alt, X, C, O | — | Primary = Compare Workbooks. Menu adds Compare to Previous Version, Compare Sheets, and Settings. |
Audit
No group keytip. Review, audit status, and search. All keytip‑only.
| Command | Keytip | Global shortcut | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model Health | Alt, X, M, H | — | Workbook health report. |
| Review Issues | Alt, X, R, I | — | Issue tracker. |
| Flag Cell | Alt, X, F, C | — | Log a review issue for the selection. |
| Highlight Issues | Alt, X, H, I | — | Toggle severity‑colored issue overlay. |
| Cell Search | Alt, X, C, S | — | Find cells by attribute. |
| Audit Trail | Alt, X, A, T | — | Audit status tracker. Shares the keytip AT with Auto Fit — see note below. |
| Mark Cell | Alt, X, M, C | — | Apply an audit status to the selection. |
| Highlight Audit | Alt, X, H, A | — | Toggle status‑colored audit overlay. |
Proof
No group keytip. Proof‑of‑derivation. All keytip‑only.
| Command | Keytip | Global shortcut | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why This Number | Alt, X, W, N | — | Proof chain for the selected cell. |
| Replay Proof | Alt, X, R, P | — | Signed certificate for an output move. |
| Bind Source | Alt, X, B, S | — | Bind a hardcoded input to a source. |
| Bind Vector | Alt, X, B, V | — | Bind a row/column of inputs atomically. |
| Sign Cell | Alt, X, S, C | — | Append a reviewer signature to one cell. |
| Sign Block | Alt, X, S, B | — | Sign a contiguous formula block. |
| Verify Workbook | Alt, X, V, W | — | Re‑read every bound vector and signed block. |
| Coverage | Alt, X, C, C | — | Proof coverage report. |
| Verify | Alt, X, V, L | — | Recompute the proof ledger’s hash chain. |
| Certificate | Alt, X, C, T | — | Export a proof certificate. |
| Settings | Alt, X, C, G | — | Proof module settings. |
Help
No group keytip.
| Command | Keytip | Global shortcut | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Help | Alt, X, H, E | — | Documentation and shortcut reference. |
| About | Alt, X, A, B | — | Version, license, credits. |
| License Status | Alt, X, L, S | — | View / activate / renew the license. |
One keytip is declared twice: AT
In the ribbon definition, Auto Fit (Format group) and Audit Trail (Audit group) both declare the keytip AT. Both live under the same tab, so after Alt, X the letters A, T are ambiguous; which button Excel activates is resolved by Excel’s own key‑tip handling and is not controlled by the add‑in. If Alt, X, A, T doesn’t land where you expect, click the button or use its global shortcut where one exists.
Not keytips
Two families of Alt+Shift shortcuts look ribbon‑adjacent but are not keytips — they are global chords handled by the add‑in’s hook, not the ribbon: the Smart Formatting direct‑style shortcuts (Alt+Shift+N/P/D/F/R/H) and precedent navigation (Alt+Shift+1–9, 0, [). They are documented under Global shortcuts.
Related
- Keyboard shortcuts overview — the three kinds of shortcut.
- Global shortcuts — the
Ctrl+ShiftandAlt+Shiftchords.