Help, need simple instructions on how to use numbers with keyboard.

Question

I just got Numbers for IPAD 2 and I am new to Spreadsheets in general.  I simply cannot understand how to use this program with my mini external keyboard (gotten from Apple)  to make it do what I need it to do.  I am trying to set up a spreadsheet for my Jewelry Design Business.  It's an inventory Spreadsheet, listing each item, the number of the item, the title, description, price and final sold price and type of Jewelry.  I need the two price columns to add the sum of all the jewelry in each row, which by some miracle I was actually able to do.  What I am having trouble with is getting it to automatically change to dollars for the two price columns without having to touch the dollar sign on the formula bar each time I enter a new item, and getting it to jump from the last cell in the last column to the first cell of the first column when I am finished with a row and need to go to the next item.  What it does do is either jump to the cell right beneath it, or go backwards, or sometimes it does go to the first cell of the next line, but I don't know what I am doing to make that happen.  Anyway being new to this all, it is obvious I need specific simple instructins on how to use this program. Does anybody know where I can find some help?

Answer 1

IMHO, forget about doing any meaningful Excel work an iPad unless you want to be a slave and spend 3-4 times the amount of time it would take to do inputs on a normal computer.  Now, IF there was mouse support, then it might be worth the effort.  I tried it and gave up.