Win XP and Word - Keyboard Shortcut Fails

[Christopher Glenn]

I have a series of 30 separate tables of 8 rows each. I need to
increase each one to 9 rows.

I wanted to use the keyboard shortcut to do Table>Insert>Row Below.
It should be Alt A I B.

But nooooo!

When I Alt-A, the Table menu is highlighted, but it does not drop
down. When I then (while holding the Alt down), press I
(Table>Insert), it jumps to the Insert main menu and drops that one
down, so of course, when do Alt-B, Break comes up.

Is this a bug or what? It's not enough that XP added extra layers to
add rows (over Office 98).

 

[Martha]

I have a series of 30 separate tables of 8 rows each. I need to
increase each one to 9 rows.
I wanted to use the keyboard shortcut to do Table>Insert>Row Below.

Can't you just go to the last cell of each table and hit Tab? I don't
have Word XP, so it's possible that they changed that behavior, but I
highly doubt it.

As far as the keyboard shortcuts not working like they should, sounds
like a bug. In Word 2000, Alt A,I,B does what you'd expect.

 

[Christopher Glenn]

Can't you just go to the last cell of each table and hit Tab? I don't
have Word XP, so it's possible that they changed that behavior, but I
highly doubt it.

As far as the keyboard shortcuts not working like they should, sounds
like a bug. In Word 2000, Alt A,I,B does what you'd expect.

I didn't know about the tab feature, but it won't work with the
template I'm dealing with. Some tables are right below each other,
and Word does not see a separate table, so tab just moves me to the
next banner. Anyway, the last row of every table is a summary
statistic row. In essance, I have to insert a row inside of every
table.

 

[Martha]

I didn't know about the tab feature, but it won't work with the
template I'm dealing with. Some tables are right below each other,
and Word does not see a separate table, so tab just moves me to the
next banner. Anyway, the last row of every table is a summary
statistic row. In essance, I have to insert a row inside of every
table.

You can work around the bug by setting up a custom keyboard shortcut.
Go to Tools > Customize and click the Keyboard button. Select "All
Commands" in the list on the left, and find TableInsertRowBelow in the
list on the right. Click in the box labeled "Press new shortcut key",
then press the combination you want to assign.

To make the shortcut available only to documents based on this
template, make sure the "Save changes in" box contains the name of the
template. To make the shortcut available to all documents, save the
changes in "normal.dot".

 

[Gaderian]

Can't you just go to the last cell of each table and hit Tab? I don't
have Word XP, so it's possible that they changed that behavior, but I
highly doubt it.

As far as the keyboard shortcuts not working like they should, sounds
like a bug. In Word 2000, Alt A,I,B does what you'd expect.

The tab feature and short cut Alt, A I B should work (I have WordXP and it
works fine), but try this as a simple alternative:
Tab over to the last cell but instead of using the tab key, use the right
arrow key until the curser is just on the outside right side of the last
right hand cell. Hit the enter key and presto, another line of cells
formatted and sized the same us the previous row.

However I agree with Martha, the tab method is simple and faster. Try
practicing on another document.

HTH

 

[Christopher Glenn]

The tab feature and short cut Alt, A I B should work (I have WordXP and it
works fine), but try this as a simple alternative:
Tab over to the last cell but instead of using the tab key, use the right
arrow key until the curser is just on the outside right side of the last
right hand cell. Hit the enter key and presto, another line of cells
formatted and sized the same us the previous row.

However I agree with Martha, the tab method is simple and faster. Try
practicing on another document.

HTH

Martha, I've saved your instructions for the next project.

HTH, yes, that works. Good thinking. Thanks.