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Tableau Desktop

Select all the data

CmdA

Mac Desktop app Tableau Desktop

Practice this

Press Ctrl + A to select all the data in Tableau Desktop. On a Mac, press Cmd + A instead.

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Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`CmdA`
Windows	Desktop app	`CtrlA`

Where this comes from

Keyboard Shortcuts - Tableau Help

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Select everything Adobe After Effects Cmd + A
Select everything Audacity Ctrl + A
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Select everything on the page ChromeOS Ctrl + A
Select everything Eclipse IDE Ctrl + A
Select every note in the list Evernote Cmd + A
Select every clip Final Cut Pro Cmd + A
Select all Mozilla Firefox Ctrl + A
Select everything GarageBand Cmd + A
Select all visible items Google Drive Cmd + A
Select the whole image GIMP Ctrl + A

More Tableau Desktop shortcuts

Copy the selected data Cmd + C
Clear the mark selection Esc
Cycle forward through worksheets Shift + Cmd + ]
Cycle back through worksheets Shift + Cmd + [
Create a new workbook Cmd + N
Create a new worksheet Cmd + T
Describe the sheet Cmd + E
Switch presentation mode Option + Return

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