What I have done is to put the Insert Rows and Insert Columns icons (actually buttons) on my toolbar. If you go to Tools-Customize, then select the Commands tab, select Insert under Categories, the second and third icons (buttons) should say Rows and Columns, respectively. If you just drag those 2 buttons to your toolbar, they will insert rows (or columns) where you have your active cell. You can hit these multiple times to keep inserting rows or columns, or you can select multiple rows or columns, and hit the appropriate button to insert that many rows or columns.
I hope I've explained this well and that it helps you,
Russell
Re: Multiple Rows - using icons to insert or delete
Get opposite action from the icon by holding shift key
[Ctrl] + [+] to insert and [Ctrl] + [-] to delete (NT)
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