Insert Rows Keyboard Shortcut

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Insert Rows Keyboard Shortcut

I searched through any topics with "shorcuts" in the title and didn't find this one, so hopefully I'm not posting useless, out of date info...

Futzing around with Numbers, I discovered another unlisted keystroke for all those shortcut lovers out there.

Insert row above: Control-Option-Up Arrow
Insert row below: Control-Option-Down Arrow

These shortcuts add rows above or below the selected cell OR row - by this I mean that you don't need to select the entire row to use the shorcut; it will add a row above/below whichever cell is currently highlighted.

Hopefully in future versions, Apple will let us program our own shortcuts; I was a little disappointed about that...

Cheers,
John H.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Sep 5, 2007 12:47 PM

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Sep 5, 2007 2:36 PM in response to John Hendy

You know that you can create a keyboard shortcut for any item that is in the menu of just about any application don't you? Open System Preferences, then open Keyboard & Mouse, then click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, then at the bottom of the window, click the + button to add a shortcut. You will choose an application from the drop-down menu, then carefully type in the name of the menu item EXACTLY as it appears in the menu, then choose any combination of control keys for your added shortcut. You will have to close and reopen the application for the shortcut to become effective. If you typed the item name correctly, the new shortcut should appear next to the name in the menu.

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