Formatting · original practice scenario
Toggle the upward diagonal border in Format Cells
Select one empty cell B2. Open Format Cells and choose the Border tab.
Start here: Windows Format Cells dialog with its Border tab active
These letters are dialog accelerators, not Home Ribbon commands. Inside-border controls need a range with multiple rows or columns. No Mac equivalent is sourced here.
Follow these instructions in your own desktop Excel workbook. This page explains the operation; it does not send commands to Excel.
Windows keys and context
Alt+D
Publisher-documented binding. Native desktop execution has not been tested.
Desktop key table and operation notes; reviewed 2026-10-18. Exceljet publisher reference ↗
Walk through the operation
- Confirm the Border tab is active before using the chord.
- Use the listed chord and inspect the border preview; use it again to check the toggle.
- Choose the intended final preview, then confirm the dialog, or cancel to leave the worksheet unchanged.
Instruction 1 of 3: Confirm the Border tab is active before using the chord.
Expected result: The diagonal preview switches between absent and present; committing affects the cell border, not its content.
Recall the keys
Which listed Windows combination or sequence starts this operation in the context above?
Related walkthroughs
- Increase cell alignment indent
- Decrease cell alignment indent
- Right-align cell labels with Ribbon keys
- Toggle inside horizontal borders in Format Cells
Catalog updated 2026-10-18. US keyboard notation: + joins held keys; commas separate successive presses. Function keys may require Fn. Desktop instructions are separate from this browser's own keyboard shortcuts.