Spreadsheets: Add/ Delete Rows & Cells

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Step by step guide to adding cells/rows/columns to a spreadsheet and deleting them. All screenshots and instructions are based on Microsoft Excel, because that's what we use with at my school.

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Learn how to:

• Add new rows and columns to a spreadsheet

• Remove rows and columns from a spreadsheet

• Add some cells to a spreadsheet

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Adding a New Row

• First I’ll show you how to add a new row to a spreadsheet

• This is very useful if you want to add an extra row to the middle of a table that you’ve already made

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Adding a New Row:

1. Select a row by clicking on the number heading

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Adding a New Row:

2. Go to the menu and choose Insert, then Row.

You can also do this by right clicking your mouse and choosing Insert.

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Adding a New Row:

That’s it - an extra row will appear.

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Adding a New Column

• Now I’ll show you how to add a new column to a spreadsheet

• This is also useful if you want to add something to a table

• It is very similar to adding an extra row – can you work out what we will do differently?

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Adding a New Column:

1. Select a column by clicking on the letter heading

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Adding a New Column:

2. Go to the menu and choose Insert, then Column.

You can also do this by right clicking your mouse and choosing Insert.

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Adding a New Column:

That’s it - an extra column will appear.

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Deleting a Row or Column

• Sometimes you want to get rid of a whole row or column from your spreadsheet

• This section will show you how to do this

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Deleting a Row or Column:

1. Select the row or column that you want to delete by clicking on the heading

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Deleting a Row or Column:

2. Go to the menu and choose Edit, then Delete.

You can also do this by right clicking your mouse and choosing Delete.

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Deleting a Row or Column:

That’s it – the row or column will disappear.

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Adding just a few cells

• Sometimes you might need to add just a few extra cells

• If you have several tables on one sheet this is a good way of adding a line of cells to one table, without messing up all the others.

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Adding just a few cells:

1. Select where you would like to add the cells

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Adding just a few cells:

2. Go to the menu and choose Insert, then Cells.

You can also do this by right clicking your mouse and choosing Insert.

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Adding just a few cells:

Now you will see this dialogue box.Choose the correct option. This will depend on where you want to put the new cells.

That’s it!

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Summary:

• To add a row, first select a row, then choose Insert -> Row

• To delete a column, first select the column, then choose Edit -> Delete

• To add a few cells, first select some cells, then choose Insert -> Cells