Can I fix a column in numbers?

I need to work with a table in Numbers, but the first column must be fixed, while the others can move. I need it to see always this first column as reference. Can anybody help me?
Thank you.

You may download the Numbers User Guide from the Numbers Help Menu. It contains explanation of this feature.
In the version of the guide I'm looking at, it's at the bottom of Page 41 in the Chapter 2 section "Arranging Objects on a Page in Print View"
Regards,
Jerry

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"In the attached file, I am trying to read the first column of data, and the next column is the value on the x-axis I want it plotted at. How do I read two columns of different data? I have looked in the books I have access to and the help within Labview but am still having trouble.
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"Ellie,
The first thing you need to do is to read your file in as a spreadsheet file. Then, you display it in a chart.
That sounds simple, but looking at your dataset, there's a few things you should know. First, the "read from spreadsheet VI" is looking for data in columns, like your data set, but columns separated by tabs. Therefore, your data must be saved that way; currently, it doesn't seem that it is. Another thing; you must skip the header portion (labels) of your file when reading.
Next, it would be easier if your time was first, and your data was second in your columns, but that can be overcome. In the VI I am including, I have copied your data set into a file called data.txt, and I've removed the header and separated the columns with a tab. Then, I read in the data, and I break out each column so I can put the time first, and then I combine them again into a cluster so it can be displayed on an XY chart.
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Mikael Garcia on 9/11/2001 answered:
"Ellie,
Here is one way of doing it. Take a look at this example (compatible with LabVIEW 4.1 and up) and post comments if you need further help. Basically, I read your file as text; split it; and make use of the Spread sheet string to Array function before I plot your data. Hope this helps./ Mikael"
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Ellie on 9/12/2001 commented:
"Thank you. I am trying to get the data from the text file into a string and am having some trouble. I am reading the file from a spreadsheet, and sending the output array to "Array to Spreadsheet String", but I'm not sure this is what I want to do. Is there another way to make an array into a string? Do I need to reformat my data?
Can you offer me any advice?
Thank you."
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Mikael Garcia on 9/12/2001 commented:
"I noticed that you changed your file format according to what was said here. Yes, this new file of yours is easier to use but your original file does not have to be changed. Take a look at this example. I now added the file-read part. It will give you a dialog to locate your data file (use this VI with your original file with the header since this VI includes a string split function). Hope this helps. /Mikael"
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Niko on 9/12/2001 answered:
"If you read this file with the "read from spreadsheet file.vi" you get you
data in a 2-D-array. Now it is easy with array- and cluster-functions to
handle the data the way you want.
hope that helps, Niko"
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I intend to read from a .txt file that contains a column of numbers. After reading I want to display it as a waveform. In fact the numbers represent points along a waveform/graph of Flow vs. time. Thus I want to have this info in the chart or graph with flow in the y0axis and time in the x-axis. Can someone give me some detailed help please? Thank you in advance.
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All you have to do is use Read From Spreadsheet File.vi that's on the File I/O palette. For your example .txt, set the Transpose input to true and wire the First Row output to a waveform graph. The only problem I see is that since your file doesn't contain any sampling info, the time axis will be relative. If have that information elsewhere, then you can put a build waveform function between the read and the graph. Wire the First Row output to the Y input Build Waveform and add t0 and dt values. I've attached an example.
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