If you're unable to edit a cell it's most likely because protection has been applied to the workbook to prevent certain cells from being edited. You'll need to disable the protection in order to edit the cells in this case. You usually need a password in order to disable protection.
Highlight the row, right-click the row header, and select delete. Alternately, try typing Ctrl minus. In Microsoft Excel 2016 highlight the row, click the Design tab, uncheck "Header Row" above the Table Styles Options.
How to insert multiple rows in Excel
- Select the row below where you want the new rows to appear.
- Right click on the highlighted row and select "Insert" from the list.
- To insert multiple rows, select the same number of rows that you want to insert.
- Then, right click inside the selected area and click "Insert" from the list.
Microsoft Excel can't insert new cells because it would push non empty cells off the end of the worksheet.
Use Insert to add a row
- To insert a row, pick a cell or row that's not the header row, and right-click. To insert a column, pick any cell in the table and right-click.
- Point to Insert, and pick Table Rows Above to insert a new row, or Table Columns to the Left to insert a new column.
Also called a spreadsheet, the workbook is a unique file created by Excel XP.
- Title bar. The title bar displays both the name of the application and the name of the spreadsheet.
- Menu bar.
- Column headings.
- Row headings.
- Name box.
- Formula bar.
- Cell.
- Navigation buttons and sheet tabs.
Enable Insert Button from Options
- Goto Excel File menu -> Options -> Advanced.
- Scroll to Cut,Copy, and Paste.
- Enable check box for Show Insert Options button.
- Scroll further down to “Display options for this Workbook”
- Check combobox 'All' under 'For Objects, Show'
Follow these steps:
- Display the Excel Options dialog box.
- At the left of the dialog box click Advanced.
- Scroll through the available options until you see the section named Cut, Copy, and Paste.
- Clear the Show Insert Options Buttons check box.
- Click on OK.
Open Excel Options from Excel 2010/2013/2016/2019 Ribbon if you do not have Classic Menu for Office
- Click the File tab jumping into backstage view;
- Then you will view the Options button at left bar. Click it into Excel Options window.
When the actions that you are attempting to perform in a worksheet apply to a protected cell or sheet, you will see grayed-out menus. You must unprotect the workbook, worksheet or cell to unlock the unavailable menus. If the worksheet is password-protected, Excel will not unlock the menus until you enter your password.
If you are using Track Changes and have deleted rows in the table, the deleted cells may not be merged and will be "greyed out". This is because cell-merging is not tracked, so Word would have no way of recording the deleted rows if it allowed you to merge the cells that are above and below them.
1. Select the cells in column A you want to grey out, click Home > Conditional Formatting > New Rule. 3. Click OK > OK to close the dialogs.
Display the Review tab of the ribbon. Click the Share Workbook tool, in the Changes group. Excel displays the Share Workbook dialog box. Clear the Allow Changes check box.
These are very simple and easy to remember steps:
- From your keyboard, press ALT+F11 (careful, that's ALT + F11).
- Next, press Ctrl+G.
- Type in or paste in commandbars("Ply").Enabled = True. and hit the Enter key.
- Press Alt+Q to return to the worksheet.
Re: Mouse right click pop-up menu stopped working in Excel 2013. Sounds as if there is an add-in which changes the right-click menu. Check which add-ins you have installed (File, Options, Add-ins tab, select either Excel add-ins or COM add-ins from the drop-down and click Go).
Select the entire row which you want to insert a blank row above, and press Shift + Ctrl + + keys together, then a blank row is inserted.
Excel 2016Shift+Spacebar to select the row. Alt+I+R to add a new row above.
Insert a New Column (Keyboard Shortcut)
- Select a cell in the column to the left of which you want to add a new column.
- Use the keyboard shortcut Control Shift +
- In the Insert dialog box that opens, click the Entire Column option (or hit the C key)
- Click OK (or hit the Enter key).
Insert column shortcut
- Click on the letter button of the column immediately to the right of where you want to insert the new column.
- Now just press Ctrl + Shift + + (plus on the main keyboard).
- Highlight as many columns as there are new columns you want to get by selecting the column buttons.
Step 1 - Click on "View" Tab on Excel Ribbon. Step 2 - Go to "Show" Group in Ribbon's "View" Tab. Step 3 - Uncheck "Headings" checkbox to hide Excel worksheet Row and Column headings. Check "Headings" checkbox to show missing hidden Excel worksheet Row and Column headings, as explained in below image.
Unhide the first column or row in a worksheet
- To select the first hidden row or column on the worksheet, do one of the following: In the Name Box next to the formula bar, type A1, and then press ENTER.
- On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Format.
- Do one of the following: Under Visibility, click Hide & Unhide, and then click Unhide Rows or Unhide Columns.
Click File > Options > Advanced. , and then click Excel Options. On the Advanced tab, scroll to Display options for this workbook settings. Under For objects, show, select All instead of Nothing (hide objects).
Unhide columnsSelect the adjacent columns for the hidden columns. Right-click the selected columns, and then select Unhide.
Keyboard ShortcutsAlternatively, you can select a row or rows, and then press Ctrl-9. To unhide rows, press Ctrl-Shift-9. For columns, use Ctrl-0 (that's a zero) or Ctrl-Shift-0, respectively.
To unhide all rows and columns, select the whole sheet as explained above, and then press Ctrl + Shift + 9 to show hidden rows and Ctrl + Shift + 0 to show hidden columns.
How to unhide individual rows in Excel
- Highlight the row on either side of the row you wish to unhide.
- Right-click anywhere within these selected rows.
- Click "Unhide." Highlight adjacent cells to unhide a hidden row.
- You can also manually click or drag to expand a hidden row.
Select the column or columns that you want to change. On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Format. Under Cell Size, click AutoFit Column Width. Note: To quickly autofit all columns on the worksheet, click the Select All button, and then double-click any boundary between two column headings.
'How many rows and columns does an Excel worksheet have? ' Quick Answer: 1,048,567 rows and 16,384 columns!
