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In this article, we would like to introduce you with 4 ways to quickly add multiple rows or columns to an existing Word table.

Every so often, we would find additional rows or columns are needed for an existing table. Certainly, there are a number of methods to realize it. And we here provide you 4 quick ways to do that.

Method 1: Add Multiple Rows with “Tab” Key

1. Firstly, put your cursor outside the end of the last row of a table.
2. Then press “Tab” key to get as many rows as you need.

Method 2: Add Multiple Rows or Columns with Contextual Menu

1. At first, select a number of rows or columns.
2. Next right click and choose “Insert”.
3. Then choose the right command as you need. The number of rows or columns is as the same as that of the rows or columns you selected at the very first.

Besides, there are also the shortcuts for inserting columns. Press “Alt”, “J”, “L”, and “L” can insert columns to the left of the selection. And press “Alt”, “J”, “L”, and “R” can insert columns to the right of the selection.

Method 3: Add Multiple Rows with “Insert Table” Option

1. To begin with, click “Layout” and check the column width in “Cell Size” group. And put cursor right at the head of the line below the last row of table.
2. Secondly, click “Insert” tab.
3. Then click “Table” icon.
4. Next, choose “Insert Table” option on the drop-down menu.
5. In “Insert Table” dialog box, enter the number of columns and rows. Remember the number of columns as the same as the existing table.
6. Then input the column width you get in step 1.
7. Click “OK”.

You will find 2 tables automatically merge into one.

Method 4: Add Multiple Rows or Columns with Macro

1. First off, select a row then press “Alt+ F11” to trigger the VBA editor.
2. Click “Normal” then “Insert”.
3. Next choose “Module”.
4. Double click on the new module to open the editing area.
5. Then paste the following codes:

Sub AddRowsAbove()
  Dim nNumber As Long
 
  If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then
    nNumber = InputBox("Input the number of rows you want to add:", "Add Rows to the selection")
    Selection.InsertRowsAbove NumRows:=nNumber
  End If
End Sub

1. Hit “Run”.
2. In the input box, enter the number of rows you want and click “OK”.

Now there will be 2 blank rows above the first row in the table. And if you want to add rows below a selected one, simply change the “InsertRowsAbove” to “InsertRowsbelow”.

Additionally, here is the macro to add columns:

Sub AddColumnsToLeft()
  Dim nNumber As Long 

  If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then 
    Selection.InsertColumns
  End If
End Sub

You should first select a number of columns then run the macro with the steps above. You can then get new columns. The above macro adds columns to the left of the selection. To add columns to the right selection, you need to replace “InsertColumns” with “InseertColumnsRight”.

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Heather often works with templates that have three-row tables already present (i.e. a header row plus three empty rows). Sometimes, she needs to add 10 or 20 rows to the table. To insert the rows, Heather highlights the three existing rows and clicks ‘Insert Row Below.’ She then selects all six rows and repeats the process, until she has the number of rows she need. This is tedious, so Heather is wondering if there’s a way to simply tell Word how many rows she wants to add, rather than having to take this patchwork approach or create a whole new table.

There are actually many different ways you can add the rows you want to the table. (Flexible? Yep. Word is flexible!) One way is to rely on the trusty F4 key. Insert a single row into your table, and then repeatedly press the F4 key until you have the number of rows you want. The F4 key repeats whatever your last action was, and since the action just before you pressed it was to insert a row, that’s what each press of F4 accomplishes.

Another approach is to position the insertion point in the very last (bottom-right) cell of the table. Press the Tab key and Word adds a row to the table. The reason it does this is because the Tab key actually moves to the next cell in the table. Since there is no «next cell,» Word creates one by adding the row. As you continue to press Tab, the insertion point moves through the cells in the new row until it gets to the last cell and, pressing Tab another time again adds a new row. It is more keypresses than the F4 method, but if your table doesn’t have a lot of columns is easy to do.

An easy way that I often use to add multiple rows is to select one of the rows, press Ctrl+C (to copy the row to the Clipboard) and then immediately start pressing Ctrl+V. Each press of Ctrl+V adds another row to the table.

If you are using Word 2013 or Word 2016, you can also insert table rows easily using the mouse. Make sure the insertion point is somewhere within the table, and then move the mouse pointer just to the left of the table and between two rows. Word displays an «insert indicator.» (See Figure 1.)

Figure 1. Inserting a table row in Word 2013 and Word 2016.

Click the plus sign on the indicator as many times as you want; each click inserts a new row.

You could also position the insertion point immediately below the existing table and use the Insert Table option (on the Insert tab of the ribbon, click the Table tool and then choose Insert Table). In the resulting dialog box, specify how many columns you want (the same as the number in your current table) and how many rows. When you click OK, Word inserts the rows and makes them a continuation of the previous table. You may need to adjust the column widths on the new rows to match the existing rows, but you’ll get exactly the number of rows you want with one action.

If you would like to use a macro to do the trick, this one is particularly helpful.

Sub AddTableRows()
    If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then
        Application.Dialogs(wdDialogTableInsertRow).Show
    Else
        MsgBox "Insertion point not in a table!"
    End If
End Sub

All you need to do is to make sure the insertion point is within the table and then run the macro. (Remember you can assign it to the Quick Access Toolbar or a shortcut key.) When you do, you’ll see the Insert Rows dialog box. (See Figure 2.)

Figure 2. The Insert Rows dialog box.

Just enter the number of rows you want and when you click OK, Word inserts that number into the table.

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