Appendix C Keyboard Shortcuts
These keyboard shortcuts were taken from the Tableau Desktop online manual.
Table C-1: General Keyboard Shortcuts
| Keyboard Shortcut | ||
| Description | Windows | Mac OS X |
| Select all data | Ctrl+A | Command+A |
| Use Rectangular Selection tool | A | A |
| Lock and Unlock Rectangular Selection tool | Shift+A | Shift+A |
| Smaller cell size | Ctrl+B | Command+B |
| Bigger cell size | Ctrl+Shift+B | Command+Shift+B |
| Copy selected data | Ctrl+C | Command+C |
| Place selected field on Columns shelf | Alt+Shift+C | Option+Shift+C |
| Connect to data source | Ctrl+D | Command+D |
| Use Lasso Selection tool | D | D |
| Lock and unlock Lasso Selection tool | Shift+D | Shift+D |
| Describe sheet | Ctrl+E | Command+E |
| Makes the find command in the data pane active | Ctrl+F | Command+F |
| Place selected field on Filters shelf | Alt+Shift+F | Option+Shift+F |
| Enter/exit full screen | Control+Command+F | |
| Switch in and out of presentation mode | F7, Ctrl+H | Option+Return |
| Place selected field on Size | Alt+Shift+I | Option+Shift+I |
| Flip orientation of column labels at bottom of view | Ctrl+L | |
| Place selected field on Detail | Alt+Shift+L | Option+Shift+L |
| New worksheet | Ctrl+M | Command+T |
| Turn off and on pan and zoom in a map | Ctrl+M+A | |
| New workbook | Ctrl+N | Command+N |
| Open file | Ctrl+O | Command+O |
| Place selected field on Color | Alt+Shift+O | Option+Shift+O |
| Ctrl+P | Command+P | |
| Place selected field on Pages shelf | Alt+Shift+P | Option+Shift+P |
| Place selected field on Rows shelf | Alt+Shift+R | Option+Shift+R |
| Save file | Ctrl+S | Command+S |
| Use Radial Selection tool | S | S |
| Lock and unlock Radial Selection tool | Shift+S | Shift+S |
| Place selected ... | ||
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