Numbers spreadsheet

One of my spreadsheets in numbers says it cannot be opened. I am new to numbers so I have not saved anything on iWork or MobileMe but I understood that numbers automatically saves your work as you go. Where can I find that backup? Every other spreadsheet in numbers is opening fine. I was working in the file when it automatically closed and I cannot get back in since. This spreadsheet has much information in it I need to recover. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give me.

Are you asking about Numbers on your Mac or Numbers on your iPad?
This forum is dedicated to the Mac version & the answers vary depending on the version of Numbers & the "species" of OS X. Lion has auto-save, but you need to have Numbers 2.1.
Documents in the iOS version of the iWork apps do automatically save the documents in the applicaiton itself, When iCloud comes out & you sign up for it, you will be able to automatically sync documents between your iOS device & your computer.

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I can't open my numbers spreadsheet on my Mac, from iCloud

I save my numbers spreadsheets to icloud as I need to access them on the go.
Now that I have turned my Mac off and back on, I can't access any of my numbers spreadsheets from icloud.
When I try to open one I get an error message that says "You need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet."
I have the latest version.
This happened a few weeks ago, and was eventually sorted when another update came through for numbers for my Mac.
But this time I waited for the updated to catch up with Australia, but I still can't open them.
I can however access then by sharing the document via icloud, but I can't use it in numbers on my Mac, and I cant save it to my Mac.
Does anyone have any tips?

It sounds like you may have mre than one version of Numbers installed on your Mac. and that the older one is attempting to open these files.
If you were previously using Numbers '09, and upgraded to Numbers 3, the older version will still be on the Mac, enclosed in a folder named iWork '09, found in your Applications folder.
Numbers 3 will also be in the Applications folder, but not enclosed in another folder.
The two versions have different feature sets, and I would caution against removing the earlier version before ensuring that any features you have been using and that you need are supported in Numbers 3. Both versions can coexist on the same machine (and according to reports, can both be running at the same time).
To ensure that you are launching the newer version, make sure you have it's icon on the Dock, and that you use that icon to start the launch. The icons for the two versions are similar—both are vertical bar graphs in 3D format. The difference is in the number of bars—three for Numbers '09 and four for Numbers 3. Once you ahve launched the needed version, use File > Open (or File > Recent items) to locte and open the file.
Regards,
Barry

Emailing a Numbers Spreadsheets to Windows PC without error

I'm very new to Mac and iWork09/Numbers 09 and need assistance
I've created a few spreadsheets in Numbers 09 and sent them out via attachment in a group email to friends, clients and family, most PC users, well I keep getting replies that they can't open the attachments in Windows.
When I send the email, it ask it I want to send a Windows friendly version, I've clicked yes to do that but still having problems opening. Is this fixable? If so can I get some help here....thx

Numbers is required to open Numbers spreadsheets.
So, before sending some of them to WindowsLand, you must export as XL or as PDF.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE samedi 25 juillet 2009 22:03:10)

TS3991 I was using a Numbers spreadsheet that had a lot of info on it. It started being difficult regarding inputting things on cells and then suddenly closed. I can't access it either on the iMac or in iCloud. What can I do to get the info back? Do I sto

Can anyone help me get all my info that is locked in a NUmbers spreadsheet? I was inputting a lot of info when it started being a little difficult, and then it closed down on me. It now will not open telling me that there is no index in it!!
I need that info and of course it has just happened when I am having problems with loads of houseguests and trying to set up an exhibition. I need that data.
Please help me someone!

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How do I get numbers spreadsheets to open at the last entry?

I work with Numbers spreadsheets often and find it very frustrating that on opening a document it opens at the top rather than at the last place of entry. My frustration is that some of the spreadsheets I work with are fairly long and require me to then scroll down a long way to pick up the spot I want to work in. Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance

Hi Barry,
the view scale bug was on the list for an early fix
Fixed in the latest update (Numbers 3.0.1)
Numbers > Preferences > General > Default Zoom:
And it sticks with a document after Save . Reopen shows the Saved view.
Regards,
Ian.

How do I add a drop down list of options to a column in a Numbers spreadsheet?

I need to be able to select from a drop down list in a column in a Numbers Spreadsheet . . .. how do I create this?

b,
Pop-up menu, as it's called i Numbers is a Cell Format option.
Select the cells that you want to format as Pop-up
In the Cells Inspector, Choose "Pop-up menu"
In the Cells Inspector, the default menu is 1, 2, 3 - Edit these entries to your liking. It will apply to all the selected cells.
Regards,
Jerry

Multiple Users syncing data on Numbers spreadsheet

What's the best way for multiple users to share a numbers spreadsheet and upkeep of data?
Thanks! I know- I'm pretty new at this.

All I know is in the following thread, I have no personal experience with it:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10209828&#10209828
I hope that helps.

Sharing Numbers spreadsheet with others so they can make slight changes?

I created a Numbers spreadsheet and saved it to iCloud with a password. I want to share it with 2 other people and allow them to make simple changes to the spreadsheet.
1. Do they need to log in to iCloud to make changes to the spreadsheet that I shared?
2. How do they save their changes after making them? I just checked the link created when sharing the spreadsheet and I didn't see a save button in the browser.
3. Which browsers will others be able to view/edit the spreadsheet in? Will it also work on PC?
Thanks!

You can create a "master" path and then link all of the other paths to that one with an expression. You don't even need to write the expression yourself; you can just Alt-click the Mask Path property stopwatch for a child mask and drag the expression pick whip to the master Mask Path property. You can link the paths of shape layers the same way.

Is there a way to password protect a numbers spreadsheet in ios5?

Hi,
I have created a numbers spreadsheet in my macbook and then i protected it with a password to open. Then i have uploaded it to icloud as i need to be able to access it from both my iphone4 and my ipad2. Although the spreadsheet is indeed accessible from all my devises, i don't get asked for a password neither on the iphone nor on the ipad and the spreadsheet opens right away without any protection (it actually asked for my password once, the first time i opened it in my ipad and tha was it. Since then it opens without asking for the password)
Why isn't the password i created in the macbook working everytime i open it in any of the other two devices?
Is there any way i can have it working everytime one tries to access it?
Thx
Ibro

This is an iOS question in an OSX app discussion, but I'll give an opinion. iOS devices are personal, and can be passcode protected themselves. It's reasonable to assume that once the file is opened on that personal device, it will always open on that device without further verification.
Jerry

How do I outline a single cell in a numbers spreadsheet

I am trying to emphasise the borders of a single cell in a numbers spreadsheet; I follow all the instructions I can find in mac help, they just don't make any difference. I may be ancient, but I can usually suss things out in time; this baffles me. However, I do realize I may have blundered into the wrong type of help forum here.

To place borders around a cell in Numbers -
Make sure the cell has been selected, i.e. is the active cell.
Click the Inspector tool in the Toolbar -
Then click the Table inspector icon in the Inspector window's toolbar -
In that screen, look down to the section "Cell Borders"...
Click the button for full border (arrow in pic above) -
Adjust the color of the border as needed for visibility (oval in pic above) -
And then you may need to adjust the line weight (thickness) to get it visible on-screen. To do that, click the dropmenu in that section showing "Thin" and select the next item underneath "thin" in the menu. This will make the item just to the right of that menu active - you can then use the arrow-buttons to make the line weight thicker. Although the thinnest setting (0.25 pt) may print okay, on some screens it just doesn't show - especially of the border color has not been set to a hard black. Making it thicker can help in viewing it on-screen.

I can no longer open a Numbers spreadsheet.

I have a Numbers spreasheet that I use all the time, in fact even earlier today. But when I try to open it now, I get an alert that says: "2013 Current status" can't be opened.
The file started out years ago as a Numbers 2 file. Recently I upgraded to Mavericks a few weeks ago and upgraded Numbers to Version 3.0.
I've been using this file with no problems since the upgrades.
I started walking through my backups and found a version from about 10 days ago that I can open in Numbers 3. None of the intervening versions can be opend in Numbers 3 anymore.
I did a Get Info on the file and I can see its preview and it looks like I expect and even a preview with cmd+space shows me the first page as I left it.
If I drop the file on iWork 2.3 I get what I would expect, an alert telling me I need a newer version of numbers to open it.
So, I had an old Numbers file, I opened it and used it with no problems in Numbers 3 for a while, and now I can't open it.
Does anyone know what I might try?

Hi Rick,
Sometimes you see problems like that if the document is stored in Dropbox, which so far doesn't play nicely with Numbers 3 documents. If it does happen to be in Dropbox try moving it elsewhere.
You also sometimes see that if you have it in iCloud and are syncing with other Macs or with iOS devices and a sync "conflict" didn't resolve properly (i.e. it wasn't closed on one machine and was changed on another).
If you have the document in iCloud (which with Numbers 3 is now a good option) then on your Mac you may be able to recover it via Finder by holding down the option key and in the menu Go > Library > Mobile Documents > com~apple~Numbers.
Also, if you haven't already, it may help to update to Numbers 3.0.1 (released yesterday). It is supposed to have squashed some bugs.
My experience with 3.0 is a little different from Jerry's. It was clearly a rushed product. But I don't have a lot of complex legacy Numbers spreadsheets that would get messed up on import (which seems pretty buggy) and generally find that simple and clear (not simplistic) spreadsheets more often than not are the most effective spreadsheets. I like the fact that many "nice but not necessary" features no longer clutter up the interface and make syncing a nightmare, and that Apple will reinstate some really crucial ones. And the fact that Numbers finally works well on mobile, a big productivity enhancement (think data entry) that MS can't match (yet).
SG

I wish to import a Bank csv file into my numbers spreadsheet but all of it goes into one column which I can't separate

I wish to import a csv file from my Bank into a numbers spreadsheet but I can't expand it from the one column it's in . Can anybody help Thankyou

This Automator Service (Dropbox download) should do the job, eliminating the need for a trip to TextEdit, etc.
The one-time installation is simple: just doubleclick the .workflow package. You may have to click "Download Anyway" in System Preferences > Privacy & Security.
To use, in Finder select the csv file, rightclick, and in Services in the contextual menu select CSV to Tabs on Clipboard. Choose the delimiter when prompted (usually it's a comma but there are other choices). When the "ready to paste" notification appears a few seconds later, click once in a Numbers cell and command-v to paste the data. (If needed Numbers will automatically expand the table to accommodate the data.)
To remove or rename the Service, in Finder hold down the option key and in the menu Go > Library > Services.
SG

I can no longer save a Numbers spreadsheet. Why?

I can no longer save a Numbers spreadsheet.. Why?

Rodeo,
I received the file you emailed. Without opening the file:
I can tell you that you were NEVER able to save the file. This is a Microsoft excel file (which we know because the extension is ".xls"). Numbers can open excel files then you can save the file as a Numbers file OR you can export the file back to excel using the menu item "File > Export To > Excel..."
Did you create the file in Excel? If so you can continue to edit the file in excel. If you double clicked the file and it opened in Numbers then you need to answer the question which application do you want to use (Numbers or Excel)?

My files in numbers spreadsheet disappeared from my mac and can´t be found in iCloud

My files in numbers spreadsheet disappeared from my mac and can´t be found in iCloud

I have similar problem. I updated Numbers. I cannnot see actual documents in iPhone and open it in iCloud. I can find them only in iPad.

I want to create a command button for my Numbers spreadsheet.

I am creating a Numbers spreadsheet and need to have a command button. It is really simple in Excel so I assume Numbers would be too.
Please advise.
Thanks,
Hank

A88,
I've linked your second post of this question to this thread, where the discussion has already started.
Next step would be to respond to Watne's question:
"Can you describe what you are trying to do so we can suggest a solution?"
Regards,
Barry

Is there a way to import iCal data into a numbers spreadsheet?

Is there a way to import iCal data into a numbers spreadsheet?

If you want to import lots of calendar events into Numbers, the general way to proceed would be to:
export in CSV (character-separated values) from iCal (Calendar)
import the CSV into Numbers.
1. can be accomplished via AppleScript (perhaps in an Automator workflow) or, perhaps more convenient, a dedicated exporter app such as Export Calendars Pro or competitors.
2. Importing into Numbers is usually as easy as File > Open and choose the CSV file.
SG

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