WPS Strikethrough on macOS: Introduction

WPS Strikethrough on macOS helps you apply or remove strikethrough formatting for cell content or text; this guide covers 2 core tasks, with 2 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	2	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	2	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	This feature does not require membership for the tasks covered here
Version limits	None stated	The feature information shows no version restriction

About This Feature

Overview

Strikethrough in WPS on macOS is a text-formatting feature for spreadsheet content. It helps you mark completed, outdated, or temporarily excluded items without deleting the original text. If you are looking for how to strikethrough text in WPS on Mac, this feature supports both menu-based steps and a keyboard shortcut.

The core tasks covered in this guide are:

Apply strikethrough: Add a strikethrough effect to selected cell content or text.
Remove strikethrough: Clear existing strikethrough formatting and return the content to normal display.

This feature is useful for task tracking, data cleanup, collaborative review, and option comparison in spreadsheets.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
OS	A macOS device that can run WPS Office for Mac
App version	The latest version of WPS Office for Mac is recommended
Network	No mandatory internet connection is required for local formatting; keep a network connection available if you need collaboration sync
Other	You need an editable spreadsheet file, and the target cell content or text must be selectable for editing

Source: System Requirements for WPS Office

Download & Installation

Before you use strikethrough, install WPS Office on your Mac.

Item	Notes
Official Download	WPS Office Free Download
Post-install Check	Launch WPS Office, open a spreadsheet, and confirm that the font-related entry is available on the Home tab

Source: WPS Office Download Center

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	Lets you apply or remove strikethrough for cell content or text in spreadsheets on Mac, and supports the `Command + 5` shortcut.	Word lets you apply or remove strikethrough from selected text through Home > Strikethrough, and also supports double strikethrough.	Google Docs lets you apply strikethrough to selected text through Format > Text > Strikethrough.	Notion supports strikethrough for text and also supports Markdown `~` and keyboard shortcuts for styling.	Acrobat uses strikethrough mainly as a markup tool for reviewing text changes in PDF files.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: WPS fits spreadsheet editing workflows on Mac and supports both a menu path and a keyboard shortcut for the same formatting task.	Compared with WPS: Microsoft Word focuses on document text formatting and also includes double strikethrough, while this page is less centered on spreadsheet cell formatting.	Compared with WPS: Google Docs focuses on online document text formatting rather than spreadsheet cell formatting in this help context.	Compared with WPS: Notion is oriented toward page and block editing instead of a traditional spreadsheet cell-formatting workflow.	Compared with WPS: Adobe Acrobat uses strikethrough for PDF review markup rather than spreadsheet content formatting.
Official Source	—	Apply or remove strikethrough text formatting	Change how paragraphs and fonts look	Style and customize your page	Add comments to selected text or images in Acrobat

Overall Conclusion
If your main task is spreadsheet status marking and data organization on Mac, WPS strikethrough is closely aligned with everyday cell editing. If your work is centered on online documents, page-based notes, or PDF review, the other products are designed for those document types.

Use Cases

#	Scenario	Target Users	Core Pain Point	Solution
1	Mark completed tasks	Project members, operations staff	Finished items and pending items are mixed together	Apply strikethrough to completed cell content
2	Mark outdated data	Data cleanup staff	Old values cannot be deleted immediately but still need to be clearly separated	Keep the original value and mark it with strikethrough
3	Record review decisions	Team collaborators	Other collaborators need to quickly identify rejected content	Add strikethrough to the related content in a shared spreadsheet
4	Compare temporary options	Analysts	Multiple candidate values need to stay visible while showing which ones are not adopted	Add strikethrough to the options that are not currently used
5	Recover from formatting mistakes	General editors	Strikethrough was added and needs to be removed quickly	Click strikethrough again or clear the strikethrough option

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

The feature information shows that strikethrough is available without membership. The WPS Office pricing page also shows both free and paid plans, so this basic formatting task is suitable for everyday editing in the free tier.

Feature	Free User	WPS Member
Apply and remove strikethrough	✅ Available	✅ Available
Basic spreadsheet editing	✅ Available	✅ Available
Additional advanced benefits	Based on the product page	More benefits are available depending on the selected plan

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Use Case	Recommended Plan	Reason
Add or remove strikethrough in everyday spreadsheet work	Free	This feature itself does not require membership
Need broader advanced office benefits across features	WPS Member	Suitable when you need more office capabilities beyond basic formatting

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