Click the Row tab. Click to select the Allow row to break across pages check box. This sets the page break option for the entire table. Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013. Place the insertion point in the table. Go to the Layout tab under Table Tools. In the Table group, click Properties. Click the Row tab. Click to select the Allow row to. On a blank line in Microsoft Word, you enter a series of underscores, perhaps to create a line like the one in the image below to separate the two paragraphs. As soon as you hit the Enter key, the disaster strikes because now you can’t delete the line.

How to remove empty rows and columns from tables in Word?

How can you remove the all empty rows and columns from tables in Word? This tutorial will show you several ways to remove empty rows and columns from tables in Word document.

Remove all empty rows and columns from tables with one click

Manually remove all empty rows and columns from tables

Microsoft Office Word does not provide a convenient way to remove empty rows and columns, and you need to remove them by manually select each empty row and column and then delete them one by one.

Step 1: Select the empty row or empty column you want to delete. See screenshot:

Step 3: Under Table Tools, click the Layout Tab;

Step 4: In the Rows & Columns group, click Delete Rows or Delete Columns.

Remove all empty rows and columns from tables by using VBA code

The Macro Function of Word provides a much more convenient way to remove all empty rows and columns from tables in document. You can remove all empty rows and columns as follows.

Step 1: Press “Alt-F11” to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Application window;

Step 2: Click Module on the Insert tab, copy and paste the following VBA code into the Module window;

Step 3: Then click Run button to apply the VBA.

The VBA code to remove all empty rows and columns from tables:

Sub DeleteEmptyTablerowsandcolumns()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim Tbl As Table, cel As Cell, i As Long, n As Long, fEmpty As Boolean
With ActiveDocument
For Each Tbl In .Tables
n = Tbl.Columns.Count
For i = n To 1 Step -1
fEmpty = True
For Each cel In Tbl.Columns(i).Cells
If Len(cel.Range.Text) > 2 Then
fEmpty = False
Exit For
End If
Next cel
If fEmpty = True Then Tbl.Columns(i).Delete
Next i
Next Tbl
End With
With ActiveDocument
For Each Tbl In .Tables
n = Tbl.Rows.Count
For i = n To 1 Step -1
fEmpty = True
For Each cel In Tbl.Rows(i).Cells
If Len(cel.Range.Text) > 2 Then
fEmpty = False
Exit For
End If
Next cel
If fEmpty = True Then Tbl.Rows(i).Delete
Next i
Next Tbl
End With
Set cel = Nothing: Set Tbl = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Remove all empty rows and columns from tables with one click

Kutools for Word provides you the most convenient way to remove all empty rows and columns from tables in document. You just need to click once, and Kutools for Word' sRemve Empty Rows Cols utility will remove all empty rows and columns from all or selecetd tables for you quickly.

After installing Kutools for Word, please do as below:（Free Download Kutools for Word Now!)

1. Click Enterprise > Remove empty rows and Cols on the Table pane.

2. Then a dialog pops out for you to ensure remove blank rows and columns from all tables in the whole document, click Yes to continue, another dialog pops out to remind you the number of deleted rows and columns. Click Ok to close it.

Now the blank rows and columns have been removed from tables.

Demo : Remove blank rows and columns from tables in word

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Tip.If you want to remove blank rows from Excel sheet, the Delete Blank Rows utility of Kutools for Excel can help you.

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  You just saved me a zillion hours of frustration, THANK YOU!
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  u know you can just resize the table right? just filter and sort your data to top check how many rows have data, click table tools and the click resize and adjust the last number to whatever you need OR go to the bottom of the table the very last cell and use the tine blue triangle to drag and resize,

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    Except I have multiple page document with a table with varying information in each. Furthermore, it is a merge document so different each week. I need an automated method :)
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  Hi, the macro is working, BUT:
  After deleting all rows, all the columns of the tables with empty rows open up very wide.
  How can i fix the code so that this does not happens?
  I am using Office 2016.
  Thank you!
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  Hi All,
  I am looking for function in word wherein, if I remove specific word then it should remove that row as well.
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  Thanks for the code, really useful.
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  Is there a macro that will delete a row if only one of the cells in that row is empty or contains a zero?
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  thanks for the macro, it was really helpful..
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  Thanks for the macro. It worked like a charm!
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  Hello developers - I have this macro which sits in a button and when clicked (the macro) removes the table directly above the button. Can this be fixed so that the macro only works once? Ie. if there are 2 tables in the document only 1 is deleted - then the macro ceases to work... can you advise?
  Sub tableDelete()
  '
  ' tableDelete Macro
  'Dim nTables As Integer
  nTables = ActiveDocument.Tables.Count
  ActiveDocument.Tables(nTables).Delete
  '
  End Sub

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    [quote name='Andy Harris']Hello developers - I have this macro which sits in a button and when clicked (the macro) removes the table directly above the button. Can this be fixed so that the macro only works once? Ie. if there are 2 tables in the document only 1 is deleted - then the macro ceases to work... can you advise?
    Sub tableDelete()
    Dim nTables As Integer
    nTables = ActiveDocument.Tables.Count
    ActiveDocument.Tables(nTables).Delete
    End Sub[/quote]
    Please try to use this VBA to delete all tables from current document in Word.
    [i]Sub tableDelete()
    Dim aTable As Table
    For Each aTable In ActiveDocument.Tables
    aTable.Delete
    Next
    End Sub[/i]

In this article, there are 6 ways available for you to resolve the issue of unable to input in Word table cells.

There are situations when we receive a Word document from others, but only to find that we are unable to enter either text or data into Word tables. This can be annoying, but not unfixable.

In the following content, we list 6 different methods to deal with this problem along with some causes to it.

Situation 1: Unable to Type Only in Certain Cell

The first situation might be you unable to input texts or data in some cells, but others remain normal. This can happen because of a large indentation value is applied.

1. Firstly, click on the cell which you can type texts or data.
2. Secondly, click the expand button in “Paragraph” group under “Home” tab to open the “Paragraph” dialog box.
3. In “Paragraph” dialog box, you can see in “Indentation” part, “First line” is chosen for “Special”, follow with a large value.

Now what you need do is to choose “none” for “Special” or choose “0” for “Indentation” value.

4. Then click “OK”.

Situation 2: Can’t Type in All Cells

Sometimes you may find all table cells deny your access to input. Meanwhile, when you put cursor in a cell, it display abnormally, such as below:

There can be 2 reasons. The first one is that a fixed cell row height is appointed. And the other one is related to an oversize text.

Here are 2 ways to fix it accordingly.

Method 1: Clear the Specified Row Height

1. To begin with, click the plus sign on the upper-left corner of the table to select the whole table.
2. Then right click and choose “Table Properties”.
3. In “Table Properties” dialog box, clear the “Specify height” box.
4. And click “OK” to save the change. Then you shall see all the contents hidden in these cells.

Method 2: Reset Font Size

1. Select the table first.
2. Then go to “Font” group and choose a smaller font size.

Situation 3: No Word Visible as You Type

This can be strange, for you can locate your cursor in a cell but see no word when you type. Don’t be freak out! Someone may set the font color as same as the background color, such as white.

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Also, this is easy to handle.

1. Similarly, select the table.
2. Next, under “Home” tab, choose a new font color that is different from the background one.

Situation 4: Unable to Edit on the Whole Document

Under such a situation, we summarize two causes.

Cause 1: In Read-only Mode

It’s not hard to understand this part. When in Read-only mode, the entire document is prevented from editing, let alone the table cells.

2 methods are at your purchase. First, you can choose to save the file as a new one by click “File” and “Save As”.

Here is the second one:

1. Find the file location first.
2. Then right click on it and choose “Properties”.
3. Next in the dialog box, uncheck the “Read-only” box in “Attributes” part.
4. Last but not the least, click “OK”.

Cause 2: In Restrict Editing Protection

This is a similar cause, and you can click “File” then click “Info” to see the document is in protection, just as below:

1. Now you need to click “Protect Document” in the backstage.
2. Then click “Restrict Editing”.
3. On the right side of the document screen, you can see “Restrict Formatting and Editing” pane. Just click “Stop Protection”.
4. Then enter password and click “OK” in “Unprotect Document” dialog box.

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