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Tableau cheat sheet

click (only works with a single field)
Managing workbooks, sheets, and
Alt + Shift + C Place selected field on Columns
files (Tableau Desktop) shelf

Ctrl + N New workbook Alt + Shift + F Place selected field on Filters shelf

Ctrl + M New worksheet Alt + Shift + I Place selected field on Size

Ctrl + E Describe sheet Alt + Shift + L Place selected field on Detail

Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + Cycle forward through open Alt + Shift + O Place selected field on Color
F6 worksheets Alt + Shift + P Place selected field on Pages shelf
Ctrl + Shift + Tab Cycle backward through open Alt + Shift + R Place selected field on Rows shelf
or Ctrl + Shift + F6 worksheets
Alt + Shift + S Place selected field on Shape
F7 or Ctrl + H Switch in and out of Presentation
Alt + Shift + T Place selected field on Text/Label
Mode
Alt + Shift + X Place selected field on Rows shelf
Ctrl + O Open file
Alt + Shift + Y Place selected field on Columns
Ctrl + S Save file
shelf
F12 Revert workbook to last saved
Right click + Move (drag to shelf) Open the Drop Field
state
the mouse menu
Alt + F4 Close the current workbook
Ctrl + Left click + Copy a field in the view and place it
Ctrl + P Print Move the mouse on another shelf or card
F1 Open Help Ctrl + W Swap rows and columns
Ctrl + L Flip orientation of column labels at
Data (Tableau Desktop) bottom of view

Ctrl + D Connect to data source G Toggle dashboard grid on and off

Ctrl + F Activate the find command in the T Toggle between Dashboard and
Data pane Layout tabs

F5 Refresh the data source Ctrl + X Cut text selection (in captions,
titles, formulas, etc.)
F9 Run data updates on a view
Ctrl + V Paste clipboard
F10 Toggle automatic data updates on
and off Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Y Redo

Selection tools (Tableau Desktop) Alt + Shift + Clear the current worksheet
Backspace
Ctrl + A Select all data
Ctrl + C Copy selected data
Resizing rows and columns
A Use Rectangular Selection tool
(Tableau Desktop)
D Use Lasso Selection Tool
S Use Radial Selection Tool Ctrl + B Smaller cell size

Esc Clear the selection Ctrl + Shift + B Bigger cell size

Ctrl + Left arrow Make rows narrower

Authoring views (Tableau Desktop) Ctrl + Right arrow Make rows wider
Ctrl + Down arrow Make columns shorter
Ctrl + 1 or Ctrl + Show Me!
Shift + 1 Ctrl + Up arrow Make columns taller

Enter or Double Add the selected field to the sheet

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Double click Add field to sheet

Pages (Tableau Desktop)
Ctrl + Move the Copy a field in the view and place it
F4 Start or stop forward playback on mouse on another shelf or card
the Pages shelf
F2 Rename column field (when field is
Shift + F4 Start or stop backward playback on selected in the data schema pane)
the Pages shelf
G Toggle dashboard grid on and off
Ctrl + . Skip forward one page
T Toggle between Dashboard and
Ctrl + , Skip backward one page Layout tabs
Arrow keys Move floating dashboard object 1
Selecting and navigating marks pixel at a time

Left click Select a mark Shift + Arrow keys Move floating dashboard object 10
pixels at a time
Left click + Move Select a group of marks
the mouse Alt + Arrow keys Resize floating dashboard object
with 1 pixel increments
Ctrl + Left click Add individual marks to the
selection Shift + Alt + Arrow Resize floating dashboard object
keys with 10 pixel increments
Ctrl + Left click + Add a group of marks to the
Move the mouse selection Ctrl + Z Undo

Shift + Left click + Pan around the view Ctrl + Y or Ctrl + Redo
Move the mouse Shift + Z

Double click or Zoom in to a point in the view (if not Ctrl + S Save workbook
Ctrl + Shift + Left map, requires zoom mode) Ctrl + Shift + S Save workbook as
click Alt + Q Close web authoring
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Zoom out from a point on a map (if F1 Open Help
Left click not map, requires zoom mode)
Source: Tableau
Shift + Double Zoom out
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Ctrl + Shift + Left Zoom in to an area in the view
More information: defkey.com/tableau-shortcuts
click + Move the (requires zoom mode if not map)
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Wheel up and Zoom in and out on a map
wheel down
Left click + Move (drag bottom of the pane and hold)
the mouse Drag a row and scroll through a
long list simultaneously

Web authoring (Tableau Online or

Tableau Server)
F11 Toggle full screen
Alt + F2 Rename data source
Ctrl + Alt + D New data source
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Edit data source
D
Ctrl + Alt + T Create new worksheet