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By Allen Wyatt for Word.Tips.Net<\/p>\n

Moving Rows and Columns in Microsoft Word<\/h3>\n

As long as you have Drag-and-Drop Text Editing turned on (in the Word Options dialog box, click on Advanced and then look in the Editing Options section), Word allows you to use the mouse for many routine editing tasks. One such task involves moving rows or columns within a table.<\/p>\n

To move a row or column using the mouse, follow these steps:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Select the entire row or column that you want to move.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Click on the highlighted row or column, and hold down the mouse button. Shortly the pointer should change to a “ghost” insertion point with a small box next to the pointer arrow.<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> Drag the row or column to the place where you want it to be. You should position the insertion point in the row or column before which your moved row or column will appear.<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> Release the mouse button. The row or column is moved.<\/p>\n

Steps continued here:<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

This post is excerpted with permission from Word.Tips.Net<\/p>\n

Subscribe to the Free WordTips Newsletter with the links below<\/b><\/p>\n

(for those using menu interface (Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, or Word 2003)<\/a><\/p>\n

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