How to bulk insert rows below a table row in Word desktop

Question

I'm working with a text table in Word desktop for Mac.

Frequently I'm needing to add multiple rows below a select row in the table.

Currently, the only way I've been able to sort out for doing that is to go to Tell Me and enter 'insert row below'. Thereafter, when I go to Tell Me, I see the option to 'insert row below'.

However, sometimes I'm needing to insert 10 or 15 rows below the current row. Currently, I'm only able to do this by repeatedly going to Tell Me and selecting 'insert row below', doing separate instances of that for each row I want to add.

For large numbers of row inserts, that's very tedious, and I'm thinking there must be a better way, but I haven't been able to find any other solution in the support materials.

If anyone can give me suggestions on this, I'd greatly appreciate it. 

thanks

doug

Answer 1

Here's a little macro that will display an Input Box, where you can specify the number of rows to add. Add this to your Quick Access Toolbar or assign a keyboard shortcut for convenience. Please post again if you need help implementing this:

Sub InsertSeveralRowsBelow()

Dim NumberOfRows As Long

Message$ = "Enter the number of rows to add below the current selection."

Title$ = "Add Rows"

DefaultNum$ = "2"

NumberOfRows = InputBox(Message$, Title$, DefaultNum$)

Selection.InsertRowsBelow NumberOfRows

End Sub

Answer 2

Unfortunately, neither platform offers a means of specifying a number of rows/columns/cells to insert.

Mac Word doesn't have the device Charles referred to but the operation is similar... If you select a set of rows then click the Insert Above or Insert Below tool on the Layout contextual tab for Tables that number of rows are inserted accordingly.

Another option avilable is to assign a keyboard shortcut to the InsertRowAbove and/or the InsertRowBelow command & repeat the keystroke as needed.

Answer 3

If the table is large enough, select 15 rows above (or below) where you want to insert and then use the insert rows below (or above) command. It will give you multiple rows.

When you have your mouse pointer just to the left of a table, in the Windows version, you get a little circle with a plus sign. Clicking on that inserts a row. Again, with multiple rows selected, multiple rows are inserted. I do not know that this is true on a Mac.

Answer 4

Thank you both for you input. Problem solved.