{"id":1283,"date":"2018-07-02T17:36:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T17:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2024-03-28T11:03:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:03:15","slug":"insert-a-row-with-a-keyboard-shortcut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/examples\/insert-a-row-with-a-keyboard-shortcut\/","title":{"rendered":"Insert a Row with a Keyboard Shortcut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I wrote before about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/examples\/inserting-a-row-with-vba\">inserting rows with VBA<\/a>. This time, I will show you how you can insert a new row using keyboard shortcuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three methods you can do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option 1:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Select a cell and then choose&nbsp;<strong><span class=\"shortcut\">Ctrl + Space<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;to select the&nbsp;entire row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/select-row.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/select-row.png 410w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/select-row-300x88.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Use&nbsp;<strong><span class=\"shortcut\">Ctrl + Shift + +<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;to insert a new row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/insert-a-new-row.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/insert-a-new-row.png 346w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/insert-a-new-row-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option 2:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose a cell and press&nbsp;<strong><span class=\"shortcut\">Ctrl + Shift + +<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new window will appear. <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/inserting-rows-and-columns\/\">Choose&nbsp;<strong>Insert entire row<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"187\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/insert-entire-row.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1286\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Press&nbsp;<strong>Enter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option 3:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last method, choose a cell and press the buttons, one after another:&nbsp;<strong>Left Alt<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>I<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>R<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote before about&nbsp;inserting rows with VBA. 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