Cut and Paste keeping original reference

Is there a way to cut a number of formula based cells and paste them to a different location on a table and have the formulas keep their old references (right now my formulas are keeping their same relative positional references and having useless outputs [Because of blank or incorrect data reference])? I'm aware I could rewrite them using "$" to force them to keep the same reference but I was wondering if there was any other way (to avoid having to type a million "$"). I tried doing this in Google Spreadsheets and it seemed to keep the correct reference without any additional fuss, so I'm hoping Numbers as some functionality like this that I'm not finding.

Hi stpippin,
I am not sure what you are trying to do. Numbers works best with several small tables, each with a purpose. Rather than copying formulas to another part of a table, you can create another table with a new purpose.
Table 1 contains values (typed in, pasted in, or calculated from elsewhere):
Fruit
Value
Apple
99
Banana
98
Cherry
97
Date
96
Eugenia
95
Fig
94
Grape
93
Table 2
Fruit
Value
Apple
99
Banana
98
Cherry
97
Date
96
Eugenia
95
Fig
94
Grape
93
A2 contains this formula (and Fill Down and Right)
=Table 1::A2
Select cells A2 to B8 and copy. Then paste into Table 3:
Fruit
Value
Apple
99
Banana
98
Cherry
97
Date
96
Eugenia
95
Fig
94
Grape
93
Formula in Table 3::A2 becomes
=Table 1::A2
Now you have another table that duplicates Table 2. What do you want to do with it?
Regards,
Ian.

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Hi stpippin,
I am not sure what you are trying to do. Numbers works best with several small tables, each with a purpose. Rather than copying formulas to another part of a table, you can create another table with a new purpose.
Table 1 contains values (typed in, pasted in, or calculated from elsewhere):
Fruit
Value
Apple
99
Banana
98
Cherry
97
Date
96
Eugenia
95
Fig
94
Grape
93
Table 2
Fruit
Value
Apple
99
Banana
98
Cherry
97
Date
96
Eugenia
95
Fig
94
Grape
93
A2 contains this formula (and Fill Down and Right)
=Table 1::A2
Select cells A2 to B8 and copy. Then paste into Table 3:
Fruit
Value
Apple
99
Banana
98
Cherry
97
Date
96
Eugenia
95
Fig
94
Grape
93
Formula in Table 3::A2 becomes
=Table 1::A2
Now you have another table that duplicates Table 2. What do you want to do with it?
Regards,
Ian.

Cut and Paste Cross References

As some of you know, I'm updating a book composed of chapter files, with cross references between chapters. This used to be incredibly buggy, with crashes and broken references common. Some of that is improved in CS5.5, but a couple of big issues remain, and I'm wondering if anybody has any suggestions.
Two problems:
You generally can't cut and paste a cross reference. I have text that says "see page 27". I want to move this somewhere else in the same document. Cut it. Paste it. The paste comes in looking like this: "see <?>" -- and you get a broken link in the Hyperlinks panel. That really limits text editing. It doesn't always happen. Sometimes you'll paste and your cross reference works. But that's rare. And you can never copy and paste. That always breaks.
Cross references refer to absolute file pathnames. I'd like to rename some chapter files. But I dare not because I assume that all cross references to destinations in those files will break.
Anybody have any suggestions for either of these things? Number 1 is a real work-stopper right now.
Many thanks,
Steve

Okay, guys -- I've made some progress. And I really appreciate your support, now, and in the past.
Upgrading from 7.5.2 to 7.5.3 -- no improvement,
Save a new copy of the file via Save As -- no improvement,
Export as IDML and then just double-click the IDML to open it -- worked! (Is that the correct procedure? Anything else I need to do?)
It's still just about suicidal to try and edit text in any story containing multiple cross references to chapter files that aren't open. And adding a new cross reference is super-slow, during which time you're sure you're going to crash. But with the imported file, the new cross ref held.
One other point of confusion: new cross references display differently than ones created in older versions of the software. The old ones have dark grey boxes around them. New ones have light blue boxes. No mention of this in the help file that I could find. Even if you update an old cross ref, the dark grey remains. Only starting from scratch produces light blue.
Something corrupted that file, which IDML got rid of. It was corrupted by doing little more than adding or updating a bunch of cross references, and doing some minor text editing. No images in the file, so that had nothing to do with it.
Chapter file sizes, since you asked, are anywhere from 3 to 40 mb. The file I was having problems with is only 2.5 mb. The book contains 22 chapters. Long ago I converted it from one big file to separate chapters. Easier to manage, chapter numbering works more logically and chapter starts are easier to handle. But cross references worked a lot better with the single file.
In any event, problem solved for the moment, so thanks very much again. But Adobe really needs to look at this. It's been broken for way too long.
Steve

The MacBook Pro will not allow me to cut-and-paste to and from or to click-and-drag to the external drive. I can copy-and-paste, but then I must send the original to the trash, which doubles the time and effort. Is there any way to cut-and-paste?

I have recently switched from a PC to a MacBook Pro.
I have a large number of documents and photographs on a multiterrabite external drive, backed up on a second multiterrabite external drive.
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The MacBook Pro will not allow me to cut-and-paste to and from or to click-and-drag to the external drive. I can copy-and-paste, but then I must send the original to the trash, which doubles the time and effort. Is there any way to cut-and-paste?
Also, the MacBook Pro will not allow me to rename multiple documents or photographs. I can click-and-rename a single one, but this is impossibly time consuming. I can batch-rename in iPhoto, but when I transfer the photographs to the external drive, the rename does not transfer.
I’m reduced to using my wife’s Toshiba to cut-and-past, rename, and transfer documents. It works perfectly. Is there any way to do this on the MacBook Pro?
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[email protected]

Roderick Guerry wrote:
The MacBook Pro will not allow me to cut-and-paste to and from or to click-and-drag to the external drive. I can copy-and-paste, but then I must send the original to the trash, which doubles the time and effort. Is there any way to cut-and-paste?
No, this is a philosophical difference between Apple and Microsoft. Apple believes that it's dangerous to cut a file in case the user never pastes it; in that case the file is lost. Microsoft seems to not have this problem (if I remember Windows correctly) because they don't delete the originating file if it's cut but never pasted.
Even though Macs have a lot of keyboard shortcuts, philosophically Macs have traditionally been mouse-first. This applies to file copy operations. In your case, what a Mac user would do is open the source window, open the destination window (on your second drive), and then Command-drag the selected files from the source to destination window. This is because a normal drag would leave the originals behind, while adding the Command modifier key tells OS X that this is a Move, not a Copy, so don't leave the originals behind.
(In addition there are different rules for drag-copying within the same volume or between different volumes. If you drag between two folders on the same volume, the files are moved. If you drag between different volumes, the files are copied unless you hold down Command to delete the copies on the source volume.)
Roderick Guerry wrote:
Also, the MacBook Pro will not allow me to rename multiple documents or photographs. I can click-and-rename a single one, but this is impossibly time consuming. I can batch-rename in iPhoto, but when I transfer the photographs to the external drive, the rename does not transfer.
Two problems in this case. First, batch file renaming is not built into OS X unless you build something with Automator. However, there are many utilities that can do batch file renaming which you can find at macupdate.com or on the App Store. Since I work with media I often batch rename using one of the media managers I have lying around like Media Pro or Adobe Bridge (comes with Photoshop).
iPhoto is a database front end designed to shield the file system from the consumer and let them concentrate on creativity and sharing. As such it is often a poor choice for managing files directly. When you "transferred the photographs" chances are you moved the originals, not the ones iPhoto edited which are stored in a hidden folder.
Roderick Guerry wrote:
I’m reduced to using my wife’s Toshiba to cut-and-past, rename, and transfer documents. It works perfectly. Is there any way to do this on the MacBook Pro?
There will not be a way to do it exactly like Windows. As described above, there are ways to do it "the Mac way." If it is possible to remove judgment on which way is "better" you might find the Mac way to be acceptable, but of course sometimes we simply prefer what we're used to.

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i cut and paste in place from a layer to an other and its not in the right place. it seems new since CS6
i have multiple artworks on my file but i could do it since then. do you now how to not talke care of it ?

Well that might be the way you wish it to work but it does not work that way and it was feature request that was overwhelming desired sothe behavior was made so that when you pasted in place it pasted in place relative to the active artboard.
Thought there are global rulers there are still artboards and if someone wants more than one artboard this would be expected behavior.
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3. You can cange the focus to the artboard you want by selecting in from the artboard list at the bottom left of the document window.
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I think most people would work in a more organized way and want to keep track of what they are doing in a more conscious way and simply select the layer they want in the layers paneleven if it might be slower it would also be less prone to pasting on the wrong layer.
We also just had some one post about selecting an object on the canvas and dragging the selection dot in the laayers panel to the layer they wandted it now to reside.
They claim that is faster cut and paste, they actually said it did not work but it does.
Here's the link to the feature request page.
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
Don't be surprise if they change this behavior and there are many users who do not like it.

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We're debating here over something called "User Experience".
If I remember well the Windows model has been thoroughly based on the Mac model. But not "all" features could be "copied" because of patent infringements. Anyways - I don't want to be the cause of a long debate already closed years ago - the issue is that we're facing here two different "User Experiences" (acronym is UX).
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