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Move the cursor to the bottom right cell and press Tab. Alt + o to show the Format menu (Alt + Shift + o on Firefox), 2 to show the Table sub-menu, a or b to insert a row above or below. Alt + forward slash to show the search menus window. Type "row" and use the arrow keys plus Enter to select insert a row above or below the current row. It's time to learn more about rows in Google Sheets. Learn how to insert new lines to your table – one or many at once; freeze rows in a spreadsheet in a few clicks; delete selected or only empty rows in your table. Some useful shortcuts and the add-on are there to ease your work. Start working with rowsRows are one of the basic elements of Google Sheets. They are as important as columns, and you need to know how to handle them to operate your data. Of course, all electronic tables have standard rules of working with rows and columns. And they all are pretty much the same. However, rows in Google Sheets are somewhat peculiar to manage. All operations can be applied to either one row or a group of rows. To begin, you need to select a cell within a line with data or select an entire row completely.
The row is selected and is ready to be managed. How to add rows in Google SheetsIt often happens that we need to squeeze a few rows just between other datasets. Insert one row to Google SheetsRight-click the number of that row where you'd like to add one more and choose to insert it above or below from the context menu that
appears: Another way to add a line is by using the Google Sheets menu: Insert > Row above (or Row below). Add few lines to a spreadsheetTo add a few rows at once, for example, 3, I'd
recommend you highlight the needed number of rows with the mouse and repeat the steps above. Google will prompt you to insert as many lines as you selected: There are useful keyboard shortcuts in Google Sheets to manage rows. If you use Windows as I do, use Alt combinations. You will need to press one of the letters on your keyboard to select the corresponding option. For example, Alt+I will open the Insert menu. Press R next to add row above or B to add it below.
Insert multiple rows in a Google spreadsheetWhat should I do when I need to add, say, 100 new rows? Should I select 100 existing lines, so Google could offer a corresponding option? No, of course not. No matter how many rows there are in your table and how many of them you want to add, there's a feature that eases the job. Go to the very bottom of your table – there you'll see the Add button. It's designed for
cases like this. Simply enter the number of lines you need to insert and click this button. The rows will be added to the end of the table: Tip. You can quickly jump to the very bottom of your table by pressing Ctrl+End on your keyboard. Limit for cells in Google SheetsWhen adding rows and columns into Google Sheets, you need to remember one of Google Sheets limits. One file can contain 10 million cells max. My spreadsheet has 26 columns (A-Z), and I was able to insert 383,615 rows. Impressive, right? But if you have several spreadsheets in one file, the same limit spreads over the entire file and all its tabs rather that each tab separately. There's no need to calculate the number of cells in your head. If you try to add rows that would exceed the limit, you'll see a notification message: Moreover, you won't able to add another spreadsheet to a file. Because by default it would contain 1000 rows and 26 columns, while your limit for cells is already exceeded ? How to freeze rows in Google SheetsEveryone who works with Google Sheets sooner or later thinks about locking at least a header row. Thus, the line won't disappear from the sheet when you scroll down the table. Of course, you can freeze as many rows in Google Sheets as you need, not only the first one. Here are two ways to do that and a way to cancel the changes.
How to delete rows in a spreadsheetWe can remove lines from Google Sheets in a similar way we add them. Select a row (or many lines), right-click it, and choose Delete row. Or go directly to Edit > Delete row in the Google menu: How to remove empty rowsSometimes a few empty rows may blend into your spreadsheet – when the data is removed, or for some other reason. Of course, no one wants empty lines in their neat tables. How do we get rid of them? The first thing that comes to mind is to look through the whole table and delete those lines manually. But if the table is too large, it'd take a lot of time to process it, and you could still miss a row or two. Sure, you could filter the rows, display only empty ones, then get rid of them. But you'd have to filter each column, otherwise, risk deleting the lines that contain information in some columns only. However, there is one quick and reliable way to delete empty rows: the Power Tools add-on. After you install it, go to Add-ons > Power Tools > Clear: There, check the Remove all empty rows option. Then hit the Clear button and all empty lines will be deleted. If you have any questions about the add-on work or about rows in general, feel free to leave a comment down below. Next time I'll tell you about other operations you can perform on rows. You may also be interested inWhat is the shortcut to Insert a row in Google Docs?Note: Some shortcuts might not work for all languages or keyboards.
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PC shortcuts.. Can you add another row in Google Docs?You can also add new rows to a table in the Android or iOS apps of Google Docs. The instructions are the same for both the Android and iOS apps, just follow the steps below: Enter editing mode on the document and tap on the row above/below which you want the new row to appear.
How do you Insert multiple rows in Google Docs?When you select a cell in Google Sheets, you can right click to add a new row.. Right-click on a selected cell.. Choose "Insert Row" from the pop-up menu.. Click and hold your mouse on the number to the left of the row where you want to add more rows.. How do I Insert a row in Google Sheets?Add Rows in Google Sheets Using the Right-Click Menu
Below are the steps to insert a row above the selected row using the right-click method: Select the row by clicking on the row header in the left (or any cell in the dataset) Right-click on the selection. Click on the 'Insert 1 above' option.
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