{"id":172458,"date":"2023-10-30T14:05:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=172458"},"modified":"2023-10-30T14:11:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:11:40","slug":"how-do-i-insert-columns-and-rows-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/how-do-i-insert-columns-and-rows-in-excel","title":{"rendered":"How do I insert columns and rows in Excel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"172458\" class=\"elementor elementor-172458\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6897df5a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6897df5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d1b7349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d1b7349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>When you use Microsoft Excel for your business, you need to reorganize your spreadsheet. You need to know how to insert and delete rows and columns in your Excel spreadsheet.<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea76480 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea76480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Understanding how to manipulate this tool is essential for reorganizing the table and the data.<\/p><p>In this article, you&#8217;ll learn how to insert an extra row or column to accommodate new data in your spreadsheet.<\/p><p>Throughout this article, we&#8217;ll illustrate our methods with the data table below:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ecc62d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18ecc62d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/5.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-172461\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/5.png 408w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/5-300x249.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e49a3ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1e49a3ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70d0f32b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70d0f32b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do I insert a line in Excel?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cda5eb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cda5eb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First of all, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/excel-to-power-bi-how-to-transform-a-pivot-table-in-excel-into-a-dataset-that-can-be-used-by-power-bi\">add new rows to the bottom of a worksheet<\/a> simply by scrolling to the end of the sheet and typing in the new content, but it&#8217;s often the case that you want to insert rows at a specific point in the worksheet, or between two rows that have already been filled in.<\/p><p>If you wish to add an entire row, simply select a cell that lies on the row you wish to add.<\/p><p>For example, to add a row that is located at row &#8220;5&#8221;, select cell A5 or any other cell in row 5. After that, you have 2 options:<\/p><p>in the Ribbon menu, click on &#8220;Insert&#8221; and choose &#8220;Row&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5814bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c5814bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/6.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-172462\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/6.png 602w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/6-300x256.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695d3339 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"695d3339\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>right-click, click on &#8220;insert&#8221; and choose the &#8220;whole line&#8221; option<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a83dd9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a83dd9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"363\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/7.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-172463\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/7.png 363w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/7-300x145.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b3de296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b3de296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can also select line 5 entirely by clicking on the number 5 at the end of the worksheet, right-clicking and choosing &#8220;insert&#8221;. A new blank line appears at line 5.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cc9529d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4cc9529d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/8.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-172464\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/8.png 353w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/8-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b57e41e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6b57e41e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d860093 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d860093\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do I insert multiple rows in Excel?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73d61651 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73d61651\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you wish to add more than one row at a time, all the methods described above will work, provided that you don&#8217;t select just one cell, but the number of cells corresponding to the number of rows you wish to add.<\/p><p><br \/>For example, if you wish to insert 3 rows in place of rows 5, 6 and 7, you need to select the full 3 rows by clicking on the number 5 at the end of the worksheet and then dragging the mouse over the numbers 6 and 7 (or by selecting 3 cells below each other on the 3 rows mentioned, in any column), then click on &#8220;insert&#8221; and select &#8220;rows&#8221;.<\/p><p><br \/>You can also use the right-click method explained above.<\/p><p><br \/>For example, if you want to add 3 rows starting from row 5, you need to select row 5 and the following 2 rows. Alternatively, you can click on insert in the menu and choose &#8220;rows&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67f24d1f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"67f24d1f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e4f2573 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e4f2573\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do I delete a line in Excel?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e12263c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e12263c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;ll also want to know how to delete a line in <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/excel-vs-power-bi-what-are-the-differences\">Excel<\/a>. To do this, select the line you wish to delete, right-click on it and click on delete.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba0b3f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ba0b3f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/9.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-172465\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/9.png 352w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/10\/9-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53c6eaf3 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"53c6eaf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Excel Training<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10be721 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10be721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can also use the Ribbon menu to select &#8220;Edit&#8221; and &#8220;Delete&#8221;. If you&#8217;ve only selected a single cell, a dialog box will open, prompting you to select &#8220;entire row&#8221;.<\/p><p>This deletes the row, and therefore shifts the rows below the deleted row upwards. If you wish to delete only the contents of the row, simply press the &#8220;delete&#8221; key on the keyboard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ab92a79 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1ab92a79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-283e765e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"283e765e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do I insert a column in Excel?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5012c20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5012c20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To add a column, the method is symmetrical. Select the cell where you wish to add a column. For example, to add a column in column B, select cell B5 or any cell in column C.<\/p><p>As before, there are 2 options:<\/p><ol><li>From the Ribbon menu, click on &#8220;Insert&#8221; and select &#8220;Column&#8221;.<\/li><li>Right-click on &#8220;insert&#8221; and select the &#8220;whole column&#8221; option.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e9de16 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"47e9de16\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a22c1eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a22c1eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do I insert several columns?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bd0047c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bd0047c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you wish to add several columns at the same time, select more than one column and, in the ribbon, click on &#8220;insert&#8221; and choose &#8220;columns&#8221;. As previously mentioned, you can also right-click on &#8220;insert&#8221; and select &#8220;entire column&#8221;.<\/p><p>For example, if you want to add 5 columns from column D, select column D and the 4 columns to the right. You can do this by clicking and dragging the mouse over columns E, F, G and H. Then you can click on &#8220;insert&#8221; in the menu and select &#8220;columns&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff719c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"ff719c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380ba8b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"380ba8b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do I delete a column in Excel?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-418b3361 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"418b3361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To delete a column, simply select the column you wish to delete.<\/p><p>You can either right-click on it and choose &#8220;delete&#8221;, or use the Ribbon menu and click on &#8220;edit&#8221;, then &#8220;delete&#8221;.<\/p><p>This deletes the column and shifts the columns to the right or left. If you only wish to delete the content, use the &#8220;delete&#8221; key on your keyboard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-700e4cc6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"700e4cc6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a1f49db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a1f49db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do I add a single cell?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff33268 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff33268\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also possible to add an individual cell. 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