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30         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Adding or Deleting a Row or Column to a Table Using the Keyboard</title>
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36      <bookmark_value>columns; inserting/deleting in tables by keyboard</bookmark_value>
37      <bookmark_value>tables; editing by keyboard</bookmark_value>
38      <bookmark_value>keyboard;adding or deleting rows/columns</bookmark_value>
39      <bookmark_value>splitting cells;by keyboard</bookmark_value>
40      <bookmark_value>merging;cells, by keyboard</bookmark_value>
41      <bookmark_value>deleting;rows/columns, by keyboard</bookmark_value>
42      <bookmark_value>inserting;rows/columns, by keyboard</bookmark_value>
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47      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149487" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="27">You can add or delete rows or columns in tables as well as split or merge table cells using the keyboard.</paragraph>
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50            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155906" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="28">To insert a new row in a table, place the cursor in a table cell, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
51</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Insert, and then press the up or down arrow key. You can also move the cursor to the last cell in the table, and then press Tab.</paragraph>
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54            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147412" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="25">To insert a new column, place the cursor in a table cell, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
55</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Insert, and then press the left or right arrow key.</paragraph>
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58            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156096" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="29">To split a table cell instead of adding a column, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
59</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Insert, and then hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
60</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> while you press the left or right arrow key.</paragraph>
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63            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153408" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="26">To delete a row, place the cursor in a table cell, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
64</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Delete, and then press the up or down arrow key.</paragraph>
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67            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149626" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="30">To delete a column, place the cursor in a table cell, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
68</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Delete, and then press the left or the right arrow key.</paragraph>
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71            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149612" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="31">To merge a table into an adjacent cell, place the cursor in the cell, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
72</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Delete, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
73</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>, and then press the left or the right arrow key.</paragraph>
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