{"id":4866,"date":"2019-11-11T15:52:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T15:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=4866"},"modified":"2024-03-28T11:19:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:19:41","slug":"insert-row-shortcut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/examples\/insert-row-shortcut\/","title":{"rendered":"Insert Row Shortcut in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b0c09c58-1ea9-402b-b22a-601785d20289\" href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Insert-Row-Shortcut-in-Excel.xlsx\">Insert-Row-Shortcut-in-Excel<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Insert-Row-Shortcut-in-Excel.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b0c09c58-1ea9-402b-b22a-601785d20289\">Download File<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To insert a row or rows in Excel using a keyboard shortcut, you have to select at least one cell, otherwise, the shortcut won&#8217;t work because Excel doesn&#8217;t know where to insert a new row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/insert-new-row-shortcut-example.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/insert-new-row-shortcut-example.png 399w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/insert-new-row-shortcut-example-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you can use the following keyboard shortcut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ctrl +\nShift + +<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you have to move your down arrow twice, or just click <strong>Entire row<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"173\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/insert-entire-row.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4869\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Because we <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/selecting-cells\/\">selected cells<\/a> in two rows, two new rows are\ninserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/two-rows-inserted.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/two-rows-inserted.png 399w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/two-rows-inserted-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This method is fine, but there are too many steps in the\nprocess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Insert a row using a macro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s create a macro that will add rows with just a keyboard\nshortcut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, click a cell inside a worksheet. Then click a\nshortcut in the bottom-left corner to start <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/the-macro-recorder\/\">recording a macro<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add a name and choose a keyboard shortcut. You can&#8217;t use the\nsame shortcut as before because the shortcut should look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ctrl + [letter]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ctrl + Shift + [letter]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m going to use <strong>Ctrl\n+ Shift + I<\/strong> to run this macro. To do it, move the cursor to the small\ntextbox, under the <strong>Shortcut key<\/strong> and\npress <strong>Shift + i<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"344\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/record-macro.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/record-macro.png 344w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/record-macro-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, use the <strong>Ctrl +\nShift + +<\/strong> shortcut one last time and from the insert, window choose &#8220;<strong>Entire row<\/strong>&#8220;. Click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stop recording the macro immediately after that by clicking the stop button in the bottom-left corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/stop-macro.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4872\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To update or change the code in your macro, you can navigate\nto <strong>View &gt;&gt; Macros &gt;&gt; Macros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/macro-window.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/macro-window.png 372w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/macro-window-300x293.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select the macro. You can click <strong>Options<\/strong> to change a shortcut, or <strong>Edit<\/strong> to view the code inside this macro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you followed the steps to the letter, your code should look like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Sub InserRow()\n'\n' InserRow Macro\n'\n' Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+I\n'\n    Selection.EntireRow.Insert\nEnd Sub<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of this is a comment about the keyboard shortcut and macro name. You can delete them. 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