Add a cell, row, or column to a table

1. Select the same number of cells, rows, or columns as the number of rows or columns you want to insert.

   How?

   Some parts of a table can only be seen if you display all formatting marks by clicking  Show/Hide   on the Standard toolbar.

   To select:

   A cell

   Click the left edge of the cell.

   

   A row

   Click to the left of the row.

   

   A column

   Click the column's top gridline or border.

   

   Multiple cells, rows, or columns

   Drag across the cell, row, or column.

   Or select multiple items that are not necessarily in order. Click the first cell, row, or column you want, press CTRL, and then click the next cells, rows, or columns you want.

   Text in the next cell

   Press TAB.

   Text in the previous cell

   Press SHIFT+TAB

   The entire table

   Click the table move handle, or drag over the entire table.

   Note   You can also select rows, columns, or the entire table by clicking in the table and then using the Select commands on the Table menu, or by using keyboard shortcuts.

2. On the Table menu, point to Insert, and then click an option.

Tips

• You can also use the Draw Table tool to draw the row or column where you want.
• To quickly add a row at the end of a table, click the last cell of the last row, and then press the TAB key.
• To add a column to the right of the last column in a table, click in the last column. On the Table menu, point to Insert, and then click Columns to the Right.