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Old 09-01-2025, 01:43 PM
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Try triple-clicking in the cell.
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Try triple-clicking in the cell.
Not easy on keyboard.
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Try Tab followed by Shift-Tab or Shift-Tab followed by Tab.
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Try Tab followed by Shift-Tab or Shift-Tab followed by Tab.
Thanks but that selects the content of the cell rather the cell itself. I recall that makes a difference to e.g. formatting.

Also note on a single-cell table, at best it adds another cell after.
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I've moved your thread to the Word Tables forum.
I suspect you will need a macro to do this.
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