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How to: Add a New Row or Column to a Worksheet

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Row

This example demonstrates how to insert new rows into a worksheet.

  • Use the Row.Insert method to add a new row above the current row.
  • Call the RowCollection.Insert method of the Worksheet.Rows collection to insert a row at the specified position or add multiple rows at once.
  • To insert empty rows above the specified cell range, use the Worksheet.InsertCells method with the InsertCellsMode.EntireRow enumeration member passed as a parameter. This method inserts the same number of rows as the specified cell range contains.

Enclose your code in the SpreadsheetControl.BeginUpdate - SpreadsheetControl.EndUpdate method calls to suppress the SpreadsheetControl’s visual updates and improve its performance when you add numerous rows to a document.

View Example

// Insert a new row 3.
worksheet.Rows["3"].Insert();

// Insert a new row into the worksheet at the 5the position.
worksheet.Rows.Insert(4);

// Insert five rows into the worksheet at the 9th position.
worksheet.Rows.Insert(8, 5);

// Insert two rows above the "L15:M16" cell range.
worksheet.InsertCells(worksheet.Range["L15:M16"], InsertCellsMode.EntireRow);

Note

The number of rows in a worksheet is permanently fixed - 1048576.

Column

This example demonstrates how to insert new columns into a worksheet.

Enclose your code in the SpreadsheetControl.BeginUpdate - SpreadsheetControl.EndUpdate method calls to suppress the SpreadsheetControl’s visual updates and improve its performance when you add numerous columns to a document.

View Example

// Insert a new column C.
worksheet.Columns["C"].Insert();

// Insert a new column into the worksheet at the 5th position.
worksheet.Columns.Insert(4);

// Insert three columns into the worksheet at the 7th position.
worksheet.Columns.Insert(6, 3);

// Insert two columns to the left of the "L15:M16" cell range.
worksheet.InsertCells(worksheet.Range["L15:M16"], InsertCellsMode.EntireColumn);

Note

The number of columns in a worksheet is permanently fixed - 16384.