Quickly remove or delete all empty rows and columns from all tables in Word
It is easy to remove an empty row or column in Word, but what if you want to delete all empty rows and columns from all tables at once in the whole document? Not everyone knows how to use a macro to remove all empty rows and columns from all tables in Word but with Kutools for Word’s Remove Empty Rows Cols utility, you can remove all empty rows and columns quickly from all tables in the whole document or a part of the document.
Remove all empty rows and columns from all tables in the whole document
Remove all empty rows and columns from all tables in a part of the document
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Click Enterprise > Remove Empty Rows Cols. See screenshot:

Remove all empty rows and columns from all tables in the whole document
If you want to remove all empty rows and columns from all tables from the whole document as shown in the below screenshot, you can quickly get it done as follows:

1. Please apply the utility by clicking Enterprise > Remove Empty Rows Cols. See screenshot:

2. After clicking Remove Empty Rows Cols, it will display a dialog window for confirmation whether you want to remove all empty rows and columns from all tables in the whole document. See screenshot:

3. After clicking OK, it will display all the results in a dialog window.

4. You will get the result as shown in the below screenshots.
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Remove all empty rows and columns from all tables in a part of the document
If you only want to remove all empty rows and columns from all tables in a part of the document, you can get it done as follows:
1. Please highlight and select a part of the document which includes the tables which you want to remove all empty rows and columns from.

2. And then apply the utility by clicking Enterprise > Remove Empty Rows Cols.
3. After clicking Remove Empty Rows Cols, all empty rows and columns are removed from all tables in the selected part of the document. See screenshots:
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