Help with Numbers spreadsheet

Question

Here's the situation I live with my gf and roommate and we're trying to make a spreadsheet to track our finances. Here's what I'm currently having trouble making:
I have 3 types of entries Rent, Groceries and House. When a entry is added for the House catergory, I want the amount in the paid column to be divided by three with a third of it going into the Cam owing Kim (Cam -> Kim) cell and the Kar owing Kim (Kar->Kim) cell. (This is because when we buy stuff for the house we all use it and the cost should be divided evenly between the 3 of us)
When an entry is made for the Groceries catergory I want the amount paid column to be divided by two, with half going into the Cam owing Kim (Cam->Kim) cell. (This is because my gf and I buy groceries together and split the cost between the two of us)
When an entry is made for the Rent catergory I dont want any division to happen. (This is because we all pay the rent individually)
I'd greatly appreciate any help to make this work! I'd ideally like it to work this way, but I'm open to trying another way if it might be easier. Thanks in advance
Kimani Peter

Answer 1

jerry mendelsberg wrote:
when I try print preview, the screen shows 2 versions of my spreadsheet----one with the numbers or data in the cells and one with the cells empty.
It most likely is that you are seeing one spreadsheet (the proper term in Numbers is "table") spread over two pages, with the rightmost columns empty of any data. To confirm this, look to the left of the Numbers window, where it says "Sheets." Do you see more than one item under that heading that has a yellow box next to it? Most likely, you will see just one item like this. If so, you only have one table.
If not, you have more than one table & can probably just delete the second, empty one. This is easily done by clicking once on its little yellow icon, checking the print view to make sure that it is the one selected (it will have little squares at each corner & at each midpoint of its edges), & then pressing the delete key.
If you have only one table, confirm that it only has the number of rows & columns you expect: Click on any cell once. You should see an angular tab appear it the bottom right of the table. (Most likely, you will see the tab appear on the second page of your table.) Click & hold but do not drag on this tab. You should see a yellow box appear listing the number of rows & columns in the table.
If the column or row count isn't what you expect, you have extras that most likely are empty. You can delete them by hovering the pointer over the row or column label (at the top or left edge of the table, filled with letters or numbers) & clicking on the small triangle that appears. This drops down a menu with an option to delete the row or column.
I suggest you browse through the "Getting Started" booklet to become more familiar with the basic features of this & the other iWork applications. It should quickly become clear how to use them.