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There are no built-in shortcuts for these, but you can assign custom keyboard shortcuts to the TableInsertColumn and TableInsertRowAbove commands. The exact steps depend on your version of Word.
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With the selection in the table in the position where you want to insert the rows or columns, right click and from the context sensitive menu, click on Insert and then on the desired item from the list that appears.
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you may make use of the accessibility feature as a "short cut"

alt + j + l + a

1) Press holding the "alt" key will call out the keyboard access feature in MS Word;

2) "JL" refers to the formatting menu;

3) And "A" refers to the "insert row above" feature.

Reference: http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Word_2010.html#link_9

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There is no real keyboard shortcut. The fastest way to add a row is to put the cursor just to the right of the last cell and press Enter. This adds 1 row.

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Tabbing out of the last row of a table also inserts a new row and is easier to do, but to add a new row below a row in the middle of a table, your method is convenient.
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Press Enter only make an extra line in the cell.

Press Tab really make a new row below.

Bravo Suzanne Barnhill! Your tip make it a lot easier!

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If you press Enter in a cell, then yes, you add a new paragraph in the cell, but if you place the insertion point outside the table, between the last cell and the end-of-row marker, and press Enter, you will get a new row; this works in the middle of a table as well as at the end.
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Press and hold the tab button while in the last row :) Saves you clicking to the end of the last cell every time to press enter. 

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That adds a row at the end of the table. My instruction was for inserting a row in the middle of a table.
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Hi,

Does it work on Office365 Online Word? When I press Alt + J, it pops out an internet explorer feedback dialog box?

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