Work With Microsoft Office Word's Tables Keyboard Shortcut

Move Around In A Table

To Do This	Press
Move to the next cell in the row and select its content.	Tab key
Move to the previous cell in the row and select its content.	Shift+Tab
Move to the first cell in the row.	Alt+Home
Move to the last cell in the row.	Alt+End
Move to the first cell in the column.	Alt+Page up
Move to the last cell in the column.	Alt+Page down
Move to the previous row.	Up arrow key
Move to the next row.	Down arrow key
Move one row up.	Alt+Shift+Up arrow key
Move one row down.	Alt+Shift+Down arrow key

Select Table Content

To do this	Press
Select the content in the next cell.	Tab key
Select the content in the previous cell.	Shift+Tab
Extend a selection to adjacent cells.	Shift+Arrow keys
Select a column.	Select the top or bottom cell of the column, and then press Shift+Up or Down arrow key
Select a row.	Select the first or last cell in the row, and then press Shift+Alt+End or Home.

Insert paragraphs and tab characters in a table

To do this	Press
Insert a new paragraph in a cell.	Enter
Insert a tab character in a cell.	Ctrl+Tab
Insert a line break (soft return) in a cell.	Shift+Enter

Bibliography

https://answers.microsoft.com/ ( community )

https://support.microsoft.com/ ( manual ebook )

https://www.apsu.edu/ ( university )

https://www.cam.ac.uk/ ( university )

https://www.sydney.edu.au/ ( university )