How do I select all data in Excel without scrolling Mac?
"Easily select all the way down without the mouse/scrolling"
By default you can start this tool with the shortcut Control+Alt+L.
If you are using Excel on a Mac, the keyboard shortcut for selecting an entire workbook is slightly different. To select a workbook, hold down the Command key on your keyboard and then press the A key. This will select all of the cells in the workbook.
To select an entire column: press and hold the Ctrl key, then press the Spacebar. For example, if you want to select column A, press Ctrl+Spacebar while the cursor is anywhere in column A. To select an entire row: press and hold the Shift key, then press the Spacebar.
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You can do this two ways:
- Click into the cell in the upper left corner of the range.
- Click into the Name Box and type the cell in the lower right corner of the range.
- Press SHIFT + Enter.
- Excel will select the entire range.
Hold down Shift , then press End and then → . Then (while still holding Shift ) press End again and then ↓ . This should select everything in a very small number of key strokes.
To select a larger range, it's easier to click the first cell and hold down the Shift key while you click the last cell in the range.
Select all items in a window: Click a window to make it active, then press Command-A. Deselect one item when multiple items are selected: Command-click the item.
Press CTRL+A. Note If the worksheet contains data, and the active cell is above or to the right of the data, pressing CTRL+A selects the current region. Pressing CTRL+A a second time selects the entire worksheet.
Or click on any cell in the column and then press Ctrl + Space. Select the row number to select the entire row. Or click on any cell in the row and then press Shift + Space. To select non-adjacent rows or columns, hold Ctrl and select the row or column numbers.
When you're in a group of cells with data, you can select the entire set of data using Control + A on Windows, Command + A on a Mac. Using this shortcut again will select the entire worksheet.
How do I quickly select thousands of columns in Excel?
Click the first cell in the range you want to select. Scroll your sheet until you find the last cell in the range you want to select. Hold down your Shift key, and then click that cell. All the cells in the range are now selected.
Command + Spacebar: Select the entire column of the active cell. Command + Shift + Spacebar: Select the entire row of the active cell. Command + Arrow keys: Move to the next or previous cell in the current row or column. Command + Shift + Arrow keys: Select multiple cells in the current row or column.
- Click the File tab.
- Click Options, and then click the Advanced category.
- Under Display options for this workbook, clear or select the Show horizontal scroll bar check box and Show vertical scroll bar check box to hide or display the scroll bars.
In the New Formatting Rule dialog box, choose Format only top or bottom ranked values. In the lower pane, pick Top from the drop-down list and type 1 in the box next to it (meaning you want to highlight just one cell containing the largest value). Click the Format button and select the desired format.
To select multiple Cells in Excel on Mac, click the table to select it and then click the cell you want to start with. Once that's done, drag the white dot over the other cells you wish to highlight.
Ctrl+F6 switches to the next workbook window when more than one workbook window is open.
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- Press and hold the Shift key on the keyboard.
- Use the Up or Down arrow keys on the keyboard to select additional rows above or below the selected row.
- Release the Shift key when you've selected all the rows.
Control-K: Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph.
- On your Mac, press Shift-Command-5 (or use Launchpad) to open Screenshot and display the tools.
- Click a tool to use to select what you want to capture or record (or use the Touch Bar). ...
- Click Options if you want. ...
- Start the screenshot or screen recording:
| Shortcuts | Windows | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Artboard tool | Shift + O | Shift + O |
| Selection tool | V | V |
| Direct Selection tool | A | A |
| Magic Wand tool | Y | Y |
How do you mass select things?
Click the first item, then press the SHIFT key and hold it. Click the last item and release the SHIFT key. To select adjacent items, you can also use the mouse. Click the left mouse button on the first item, hold the mouse button, move the cursor to the last item and then release the mouse button.
Move Finder items without dragging
Use the Option key to change the Finder's Paste Item command to Move to Here. (Its keyboard shortcut, Command-Option-V, adds Option to the standard Paste shortcut.) This is much easier than dragging an item to a new location when the target window isn't already open.
To select one object, click the object. To select multiple shapes in a group, press and hold Shift or Ctrl while you click the shapes.
Press Ctrl+A on your keyboard to select all text in the document.
- Enter 1 in cell A1.
- Go to Home –> Editing –> Fill –> Series.
- In the Series dialogue box, make the following selections: Series in: Columns. Type: Linear. Step Value: 1. Stop Value: 1000.
- Click OK.
- Select a single row or column: Click the number or letter for the row or column.
- Select multiple adjacent rows or columns: Click the number or letter for the first row or column, then drag a white dot across the adjacent rows or columns.
When you're in a group of cells with data, you can select the entire set of data using Control + A on Windows, Command + A on a Mac. Using this shortcut again will select the entire worksheet. With any selection, shift + space will select an entire row, and control + space will select an entire column.
- Click the Select All button.
- Press CTRL+A. Note If the worksheet contains data, and the active cell is above or to the right of the data, pressing CTRL+A selects the current region. Pressing CTRL+A a second time selects the entire worksheet.
- On the Ribbon's Home tab, click Find & Select.
- Click Go To Special.
- In the Go To Special window, click on Objects, and click OK.
- All the objects on the worksheet will be selected.
Select the cells that you want to highlight. On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Fill Color. Note: To change the color of the fill, click the arrow next to Fill Color, and then click the color that you want.
How do you copy down in Excel without dragging on Mac?
You can also press Ctrl+D to fill the formula down in a column. First select the cell that has the formula you want to fill, then select the cells underneath it, and then press Ctrl+D.
You can also click anywhere in the table column, and then press CTRL+SPACEBAR, or you can click the first cell in the table column, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW. Note: Pressing CTRL+SPACEBAR once selects the table column data; pressing CTRL+SPACEBAR twice selects the entire table column.
Other ways to select text
To select a line of text, place your cursor at the start of the line, and press Shift + down arrow. To select a paragraph, place your cursor at the start of the paragraph, and press Ctrl + Shift + down arrow.
The quickest way to select all text is with the keyboard shortcut Cmd + A. In a macOS application, this will usually highlight all available content. You'll then be able to carry out further actions like copying and pasting everything you've selected.
Click the cell, and then drag across the contents of the cell that you want to select in the formula bar. Press F2 to edit the cell, use the arrow keys to position the insertion point, and then press SHIFT+ARROW key to select the contents.
