How to Insert Column in Excel

If you find it hard to figure out how to insert a column into an Excel table, you’re in the right place! After watching this tutorial, it’ll be child’s play.

Let’s start, shall we?

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From time to time, we forget to enter or we just need to add some data into an already prepared table.

For situations like these, Excel has a useful function of inserting an empty column or even multiple columns within a table.

And here again, Excel offers more than one solution. Now we’re gonna go through one only, and it’ll be the easiest, the quickest one.

Let’s say we need to insert an extra column right between column A and column B, an extra column with last names of employees.

How can you get it done?

Look at the upper horizontal bar showing the column letters and simply click on column B. Right-click and select ‘Insert’.

Done! Excel has added a new empty column B to the left of the original column B, just as we wanted.

All you need to do now is just fill in last names, for example – Smith.

 And here’s a handy tip for you.

How to Insert More Columns at Once in Excel

If you want to add more columns at once, you don’t need to do it one by one.

Let’s say we want to add three empty columns between column B and C. This is the trick.

As you already know, Excel adds extra columns to the left of the selected part. Therefore, in this case, we’ll select column C.

Then we click and hold the left button on the mouse and drag it three columns to the right.

You always see the number of selected columns in this small box below the cursor, so you don’t need to lose your time counting them tediously. This way you give a command to Excel on how many empty columns to add.

And we carry on as before – right-click on the selected columns and choose ‘Insert’.

 By following these steps, you can add as many columns as you need.

If you’d like to know more on how to manage columns in Excel, watch the next tutorial with EasyClick Academy!

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• How to Unhide Columns in Excel
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• How to Delete Colums in Excel

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