Spreadsheets: Add/ Delete Rows & Cells

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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


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


Adding a New Row:

1. Select a row by clicking on the number heading


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.


Adding a New Row:

That’s it - an extra row will appear.


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?


Adding a New Column:

1. Select a column by clicking on the letter heading



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




That’s it - an extra column will appear.


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


Deleting a Row or Column:

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



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

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



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


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.


Adding just a few cells:

1. Select where you would like to add the cells



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


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

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