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You already know that you can use the Insert Rows option from the Table menu to insert rows in an existing table, and you can press Enter at the end of a row to insert another row. There is an even faster way to insert rows—especially if you need to insert more than one row. To quickly insert rows in your table, follow these steps:
It is interesting to note that if you are using Word 2000, Word 2002, or Word 2003, once you select at least one row, the Insert Table button changes to the Insert Rows button.
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2013-02-03 08:13:40
Cristi
@Mozharul Hoque: That's quite simple. Once you insert a table, click anywhere inside the table, and you'll see two additional tabs appear on the ribbon. On of them is called "Aspect". On that tab you will find a section called "Rows and columns"; in that section of the tab you have "Insert below/above/left/right". There you go! (I work on Word 2007 but I guess it's no difference)
2013-02-02 20:51:31
Mozharul Hoque
MSOffice 2010 which I just bought is a pain in the butt; it is a step backward. How do you insert rows in an existing table?
2012-11-08 21:29:53
Marijke Groothuis
I have seen this answer a number of times and each one of them overlooks the most obvious: if I create a table out of the first line of tabbed data, then I am only able to insert ONE row. Once I have two I can insert 2, then 4, then 8 etc. Pretty dumb don't to begin with don't you think? It will ONLY allow increments, whereas before all the cosmetic changes that are the so called "upgrades" we at least had the option to identify the number of rows required by NUMBER!!
2011-11-30 08:44:07
Petr S
Tables in MS Word are really pain. Need to insert about 100 new rows. At least one can select several rows to insert more than 1.
2011-11-28 04:30:37
Rakshanda Anderson
Having inserted the number of rows, to insert the same number of rows again, just hit F4. The same applies to inserting columns.
The F4 key can also be used to replicate deleting rows and columns. Delete one row or column, and then hit F4 to delete another row or column.
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