Numbers Export Sheet to PDF broken?

Since the last major update I haven't been able to export any Numbers Sheets to PDF, I tap export and nothing happens where it used to save to my Files. Share will only export the full Numbers doc. I've seen this as an issue since at least 2017 but haven't seen any fixes for it. What's going on?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 18

Posted on Feb 19, 2025 3:03 PM

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SGIII

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Feb 20, 2025 7:36 AM in response to TheLavenderBard

Seems to be working ok here, at least when I share to Mail. Just the selected sheet is shared as pdf.

Feb 20, 2025 12:28 PM in response to SGIII

I haven't seen a reason for it or a fix, it seems to be random vs an app wide bug. I need to save the files individually, it just works easier for me for what I'm using them with.

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