Insert a Cell, Row or Column
Insert a Cell
1.Click a cell located directly to the right or below where you want to insert a cell, and then on the Table Tools\Layout tab, in the Rows & Columns group, click the Insert Cells button...
2....or right-click a cell relative to which you want to add a new cell, select the Insert item from the context menu and click Insert Cells.
3.In the invoked Insert Cells dialog choose one of the available options:
OPTION |
DESCRIPTION |
EXAMPLE |
Shift cells right |
Insert a new cell just to the left of the selected cell and move the selected cell and all other cells following this cell in that row to the right. |
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Shift cells down |
Insert a new cell in the selected cell's place and move other cells in that column down one row each. A new row will be added at the bottom of the table to include the last existing cell. Remaining cells in this new row will be empty. |
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Insert entire row |
Insert a new row just above the row containing the selected cell. |
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Insert entire column |
Insert a new column just to the left of the column containing the selected cell. |
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Insert a Row
1.Click a cell located directly below or above where you want to insert a new row.
2.Do one of the following:
To add a new row just above the row containing the selected cell, on the Table Tools\Layout tab, in the Rows & Columns group, click the Insert Rows Above button.
To add a new row just below the row containing the selected cell,on the Table Tools\Layout tab, in the Rows & Columns group, click the Insert Rows Below button.
...or right-click a cell relative to which you want to insert a row, click the Insert item in the context menu and select Insert Rows Above or Insert Rows Below.
Insert a Column
1.Click a cell located directly to the right or left of where you want to insert a new column.
2.Do one of the following:
To add a new column just to the left of the column containing the selected cell, on the Table Tools\Layout tab, in the Rows & Columns group, click the Insert Columns to the Left button.
To add a new column just to the right of the column containing the selected cell,on the Table Tools\Layout tab, in the Rows &Columns group, click the Insert Columns to the Right button...
... or right-click a cell relative to which you want to insert a column, click the Insert item in the context menu and select Insert Columns to the Left or Insert Columns to the Right.
