You can quickly expand tables by adding adjacent rows and columns, as well as total rows. This video explains how to expand tables quickly and easily and gain analysis by adding total rows.
- [Instructor] When we work with tables in Excel, … the whole issue of working with rows and columns … is a bit different. … First of all, do notice this fact about tables. … Anytime we add information in the column … just to the right of the table or on the row just below, … that information immediately becomes part … of the table, even with just a heading. … So in cell L1, I'm going to put in a new heading here, … New Salary eventually we'll have formulas in this column, … but as I type this and press Enter, what happens? … That column is part of the table. … Now format doesn't look so good, so I'll simply take … the cell to its left and with the right mouse button drag … an edge rightward into cell L1 copy here as formats only. … Now I want to put in a new record above row seven here, … and if this were standard, non-table Excel here … I would highlight these cells, right click and insert. … Not difficult, anything like that. … We can do the same thing here, … but we don't even have to highlight all those cells. …
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Video: Expand tables automatically and add totals