Since there is no 'next cell,' Word creates one by adding the row. The reason it does this is because the Tab key actually moves to the next cell in the table. Press the Tab key and Word adds a row to the table. 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.Īnother approach is to position the insertion point in the very last (bottom-right) cell of the table. Insert a single row into your table, and then repeatedly press the F4 key until you have the number of rows you want. Word is flexible!) One way is to rely on the trusty F4 key. There are actually many different ways you can add the rows you want to the table. 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. 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. Sometimes, she needs to add 10 or 20 rows to the table.
Heather often works with templates that have three-row tables already present (i.e.
