Arranging tables and graphs on a page

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Arranging tables and graphs on a page

In Numbers ‘09 you could set the view to page view and edit the position of tables, graphs, and other objects to look nice when printed.

I can find no way to do this in the new Numbers.

I found one old reference to calculating a pages size the creating a template to show the printable area but this seems a real kluge for a mainstream product, and how would this be done for multi-page spreadsheets?

I am sure many people want to have their spreadsheets printed and look reasonable for presentation to bosses and customers.

Is there a way to do this?

Posted on Sep 8, 2024 8:17 PM

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Badunit

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Sep 9, 2024 4:32 AM in response to Bob Allison

I feel your pain and have since they introduced Numbers 3 eleven years ago. Numbers '09 was sweet and had some features that really set it apart. Page layout was one of those features that really made it special. Listing the sheets and tables down the left side of the window (instead of sheet tabs across the top) was another smart feature. And the toolbar was much much more useful than it is now. Apple dumbed down and redesigned the Mac version to be more like the iPad version. I always hoped they would put page layout back into it but it appears they never will.

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Yellowbox

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Sep 9, 2024 1:43 AM in response to Bob Allison

Hi Bob,

Here is my old kludge How do I show an A4 page layout on Number… - Apple Community.

Updated kludge is here 😀.

How to center a table on a printed sheet - Apple Community

If that is still a kludge, please give more details of your overall aim and we will try to help.

Regards,

Ian.

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