Word: Keyboard shortcut to quickly delete or insert a row in a table in Microsoft Word?

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Word: Keyboard shortcut to quickly delete or insert a row in a table in Microsoft Word?

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This was asked previously but there is no good answer in that thread and the thread itself is locked, so reposting the question here.

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Answer 1

Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K MVP Volunteer Moderator

To delete a row, select the row by clicking to the left of it and press Backspace.

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Answer 2

Suzanne has given you the way to delete a row.

It is not a keyboard shortcut, but the little + symbol in a circle that appears when you are pointing on the left edge of a row is pretty nifty. Click on the plus symbol to create a row.

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Finally, you can always create your own keyboard shortcut.

Answer 3

Anonymous

One hack is to use the clipboard.

To delete a row:

Select the entire row by clicking to the left of it (outside the table)
Ctrl-X or Shift-Delete

To insert a row:

Start in a blank row
Copy via Ctrl-C
Paste via Ctrl-V or Shift-Insert

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Answer 4

There are no built-in keyboard shortcuts for the Delete Row and Insert Row commands, but you can assign them:

Go to File > Options > Customize Ribbon
Click the Keyboard shortcut Customize button in the bottom left corner.
In the Customize Keyboard dialog, in the Categories list, scroll down and select Table Tools | Layout Tab.
In the Commands list, scroll down and click on TableDeleteRow.
Click in the "Press new shortcut key" box and press the key combination that you want to use for this command.
Click the Assign button.
In the Commands list, scroll down and click on either TableInsertRowAbove or TableInsertRowBelow.
Click in the "Press new shortcut key" box and press the key combination that you want to use for this command.
Click the Assign button.
Click the Close button and then close the Customize Ribbon dialog.
When you next shut down Word, if you're prompted to save the Normal.dotm template, click Save or Yes.

To use the shortcuts, first click in or select one or more rows, then press the shortcut combination.

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