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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149487" role="paragraph">You can add or delete rows or columns in tables as well as split or merge table cells using the keyboard.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155906" role="listitem">To insert a new row in a table, place the cursor in a table cell, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Insert, and then press the up or down arrow key. You can also move the cursor to the last cell in the table, and then press Tab.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147412" role="listitem">To insert a new column, place the cursor in a table cell, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Insert, and then press the left or right arrow key.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156096" role="listitem">To split a table cell instead of adding a column, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Insert, and then hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> while you press the left or right arrow key.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153408" role="listitem">To delete a row, place the cursor in a table cell, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Delete, and then press the up or down arrow key.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149626" role="listitem">To delete a column, place the cursor in a table cell, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Delete, and then press the left or the right arrow key.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149612" role="listitem">To merge a table into an adjacent cell, place the cursor in the cell, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Delete, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>, and then press the left or the right arrow key.</paragraph>
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