Add/delete columns and rows

Tables are immensely useful, and once you know how to manipulate them, they’re easy to control.

Add a new column or a new row

1. In the table you’ve just created, mouse over one of the cells and right-click.
2. Go to Insert and you’ll see these options:
   • Insert Columns to the Left
   • Insert Columns to the Right
   • Insert Rows Above
   • Insert Rows Below
     
3. Choose one of these options and it will do exactly as it says, based on the cell you right-clicked on. For example, if you click on the cell in the bottom row and choose “Insert Rows Below”, it will add a new row at the bottom. Or, if you click on a cell on the right of the table and choose “Insert Right” it will add another column to the right of your cell.

Practice point: Add a new column and a new row to your table.

Delete a column or a row

1. In your table, mouse over one of the cells and right-click.
2. Go to Delete and when you click you’ll see these options:
   
3. “Delete Rows” will remove the row containing the cell you right-clicked on. “Delete Columns” will remove the column containing the cell you right-clicked on.

Practice point: Delete one column and delete one row.