You already know that you can use the Insert Above and Insert Below tools on the Layout tab of the ribbon to insert rows in an existing table, and you can press Enter with the cursor outside the cell at the end of a row to insert another row. (Press Tab if the cursor is inside the cell.) 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:
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2021-07-13 10:07:11
Jane Lawson
When I want to move a row in a table to another location within the table, I find that the column do not align with the rows around the inserted row and that I have to manually adjust each column border to re-align them.
Has anyone had this problem and found a solution?
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