Problems pasting pie chart from Numbers into Pages table

Hello,
I'm trying to paste a pie chart from Numbers into a table cell in Pages 09 but it doesn't allow me. Would you know why?
Thanks,
Pedro

Probably because it is a smart object connected back to the Numbers document.
If you want it purely as a graphic, try copying the chart in Numbers switching to Preview.app and going command n which will make it a pdf file, then copy that and paste that into Pages. But it will no longer be a live chart.
Peter

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Please help! Problems posting chart from Numbers into Pages

Hello
I've come across a strange problem, and I'm sure I'm missing some simple trick.
I have created a chart in Numbers, it looks nice, and crisper than the equivalent Excel diagram. However, when I paste it into Pages, I can't resize it! It seems to preserve the fonts that I specified in Numbers, and so it doesn't become smaller. And I can't see any way of reducing the font size in this chart. And it doesn't resize nicely when I drag the box corner in Numbers.
The thing is, it's really quite straightforward to create a chart in Excel, and then copy it into Pages, and it resizes and everything with no problems.
Can anyone give me some pointers as to what I should be doing, please? I'm using the 09 versions.

tgma
I suggest you experiment.
It sounds as if you will be satisfied with a simple graphic version of the chart, however I tested my recommendation and there are bugs in what gets saved, some of the text of the labels is lost and the legend gets rearranged.
It may be necessary to print the entire Numbers sheet to .pdf and crop that down to the graph.
The 2nd method of copying over the actual chart to Pages works quite well and the data appears in the linked data in Pages. Just make sure to create the linkage from Numbers to first save the Numbers document before copying and pasting the chart into Pages.
A black tag will appear on the chart when you select it. The circled arrows in the tag allow you to update the chart from updated (and saved) data in the original Numbers chart. There is also an option in the tag to unlink the chart and make it solely a Pages chart.
As to text not resizing in Pages, this is generally so in grouped objects. Pages will resize all the graphical parts of a grouped set of objects but keep the fonts at the same point size. This can either be a good or bad thing depending on your viewpoint. Personally my view is that everything should scale as expected.
In a live chart you can click on each part including the fonts and change their appearance and formatting directly, using the usual methods.
Peter

Script to merge data from Numbers into Pages document, export as PDF and send via email

Hi,
I am wondering if it would be possible to achieve the following with an applescript:
1. Merge Names from Numbers into a multi-page Pages document.
2. Export each page of the resulting document as a PDF
3. Attach each of these PDFs to an email with specific text in the body of the email, setting the subject, the 'from' email address, as well as the 'to' email address from a field in the Numbers document.
4. Optionally send the emails automatically.
I would be glad to know if this is possible before I embark on trying to write such a script, and for any advice/script that would help me on my way.
Thanks,
Nick

Thanks Bernard. Sorry if my original post wasn't that clear. I think you've pretty much got it in your paragraph starting "So, I think you're asking for", but will explain more in the hope that it will be clearer:
I have a Numbers table with 2 columns: Name and Email. I have say 50 people in this table and I need to email each person a version of a one page Pages document which would be identical except for their name.
The Name field is the only field that needs to be merged into the Pages document (one time only).
Once the merging has taken place the versions of the one page Pages document need to be exported as a PDF and attached to emails, one email from each person in the table in the Numbers document, with each email going to the email address corresponding to the name in the Numbers document.
The text in the email would be identical except for the name again. The text for the email body, subject as well as the 'from' field would be contained in the script (i.e. generated by the script).
It would also be good to have the option of sending the emails automatically or manually, so that I could check that the emails that are generated are correct before sending.
I hope that's clearer!
Nick

Trying to link a chart from Numbers to Pages

"To update a linked chart in Keynote or Pages:
Make sure that the Numbers spreadsheet containing the updated chart is saved. In Keynote or Pages, select the chart and click the Refresh button."
Where is the Refresh button, please? It may be really obvious but I can't find it. Thanks

Hi procrastina,
fruhulda's comments motivated me try this. Please follow this from the Pages'09 User Guide:
Updating a Chart Copied from a Numbers Document If you’ve created a chart in Numbers, you can copy it and paste it into your Pages document. After it’s been pasted into Pages, the chart remains linked to the data tables it references in Numbers. To change the chart data, open the original Numbers document and edit the data there, save the Numbers document, and then refresh the chart data in Pages.
To update a chart after you’ve updated its linked Numbers table:
Select the chart on the page and click the Refresh button that appears.
Note: You must save the Numbers document before copying and pasting your chart into your Pages document and after editing the Numbers data tables that the chart references.
Repeat,
Note: You must save the Numbers document before copying and pasting your chart into your Pages document and after editing the Numbers data tables that the chart references.
Then you will see the Refresh buttton (recycle arrows to the right of your chart in Pages):
Regards,
Ian.
P.S. In Australia and UK, we call that a graph, not a chart.
Ian.

Cutting and pasting cells out of Numbers into Pages

I'm not sure whether this is a Numbers problem a Pages problem. I have a table of cells in Numbers. Some of the cells have basic calculations in such as =sum(). All looks fine in Numbers, so I select and copy the cells and paste into Pages - but the cells with the calculations appear with the red error triangles and refer to an invalid cell reference or an error in the cells.
The really irritating thing is that if I paste the same table of cells in Word, it works perfectly.
Any ideas how I can fix this?

When we copy a block of cells (E12:L30) then paste it in Pages, cells are 'renamed'.
The top_left cell of the block becomes A1.
If a cell in a colum A thru D was referenced in the copied block, we get the red triangle because the formula is ponting to an illegal address.
The workaround is simple:
Select the block
Copy it
Paste values on itself
Copy
Paste in Pages
Back to Numbers
Undo Paste so the original formulas will be restaured.
Last year, I asked Apple to change the Edit Menu this way:
replace Paste Values by Copy Values.
It would cange nothing for the standard copy/paste
When we need to paste values,
the protocol Copy / Paste Values
would be replaced by Copy Values / Paste
So it would change nothing in Numbers but it would solve the problem which you described.
It was not applied by Apple.
You may
_Go to "Provide Numbers Feedback" in the "Numbers" menu_, ask for such a feature.
Then, cross your fingers, and wait _at least_ for iWork'10
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Cannot drag charts from Numbers into Keynote

I have created charts in Numbers, but I cannot get them into Keynote. I have tried dragging and dropping, but they will not leave the Numbers screen. I have tried copying (or cutting) and pasting, but it does not work either.
I really need to move some things over. Any help?
Thanks so much!

Hello
At this time, I am unable to identify the wrongdoer.
What are you exactly copying from Numbers?
I copied the chart when its handles where displayed.
After copying, enter the Finder and select the menu item Edit > Show Clipboard.
If it correctly display the chart, it's that the Copy process was correctly done.
Enter Keynote.
Go to Edit menu.
If the Paste item is greyed, it's that something is odd or that the Presentation is not in Edit mode.
If it is in Edit mode, close/quit the program.
Trash its preferences file:
<bootVolume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Preferences:com.apple.iWork.Keynote.pli st
Empty the trash
restart the program.
I hope that this time it will behaves flawlessly.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mercredi 20 août 2008 18:17:50)

How can I import diagramms and tables from numbers to pages?

I'm writing an essay, where I need diagramms and tables in it. I created some cool stuff in numbers and wanted to transfer it to pages. I thought it would be easier, but I don't have a clue how to just import the numbers stuff to my essay in pages. So I tried to copy it, but it looks not that way it looked in numbers. Another problem is: I can't layout the diagramms and tables the way I want (centered) and I need to write a description under it. I tried it with Textbox, but then I just can't group the textbox with the Table.
Somebody with an idea?
Thanks for your help!

To get your data from Numbers into Pages is just a simple matter of copying and pasting. Select the cells you want to place in Pages, copy, and then past into Pages. There are a couple caveats. 1) the table you paste into Pages will be pasted inline. You'll probably want to use the wrap Inspector and change it to floating. 2) if the table is too wide you'll have to get creative about how you arrange the data and 3) Numbers lets you insert check boxes, sliders, steppers, and popup menus and these won't show but the data in the cells will.
The charts will also copy and paste - again, you'll probably want to use the wrap inspector to switch them to floating objects. Having made the chart object(s) floating objects, you should have no trouble inserting your text box description, arranging them the way you want, and then grouping.
Just to make sure it worked the way I remembered, I just threw together a quick table and chart in Numbers and then copy/pasted it all into Pages.

Copy and paste Values from Numbers to Pages

When I do simple copy and paste content from Numbers to Pages, I get a formula error message. All I want to copy and paste the values only, not the formulas, but on pages I cannot find a way to paste values only. When it tries to paste formula, it errors because some of the formulas references to other sheets on Numbers. What is the easy way to get values from Numbers tables to pages without passing formulas.
Or better yet! Is there a way to link tables to pages like charts with refresh capabilities so I don't have to copy and paste values to pages document every time Numbers table values changes?

J,
There is no Paste Special in OSX, anywhere. You can Paste Values from the Edit menu in Numbers when that would be necessary.
In such cases where you would use Paste Values in Numbers, you can use Paste and Match Style in Pages for the same result.
Sometimes it's so obvious to Pages what should be done that it will give you what you need automatically, but sometimes you need to use Paste and Match Style to get the values rather than an error triangle.
Jerry

Is it possible to take a chart from numbers and put it into keynote instead of remaking it in keynote?

Is it possible to take a chart from numbers and put it into keynote instead of remaking it in keynote?

Take a screenshot of the chart and use that in Keynote, if you can't find another way.

How can I copy tables from Numbers to Pages without formula?

hi everyone
i need help
How can I copy tables from Numbers to Pages without formula in the cells?

Ok... I see your problem... when pasting into Pages, the formulas from Numbers are included. Perhaps this is really more of a Pages question (in which case I'm far from expert). A couple of ideas:
• In Pages, try "Edit"/"Paste and Match Style", which may insert tab delimited cell values (no formulas). Then, if you want the table format back, select these newly pasted tabbed values and use Page's "Format"/"Table"/"Convert Text to Table"/
• In Numbers, before copying, make a temporary table of the plain values first, then copy and paste that into Pages. To do this, select the range of cells you desire in the Numbers and "Edit"/"Copy". Then "Edit"/"Deselect All" and "Edit"/"Paste Values" and "Edit"/"Cut". Now just a table of values is on the clipboard and you can head over to Pages to paste.

Creating a pie chart from a list of indicators

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I'm working with WebIntelligence XI R2 and I have created a table that displays a list of indicators:
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The problem is that I want to create a pie chart from this table but it seems that Webi is unable to convert a list of numbers in a pie chart.
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When copying a Pie Chart from one Excel tab to a new Excel tab, the chart data is still referring to the original table

Hi,
In Excel 2007, I have a pie chart on sheet 1. I want to make a copy of the pie chart from sheet 1 and past into sheet 2, and change the table data in sheet 2 to get new chart recalculated based on new table values in sheet 2.
However, the chart in sheet 2 is still pointing to the table data in sheet 1.
All the cells in sheet 1 have relative cells.
Please advise.
Thanks - Bijan

Hello Wind,
As teylyn suggested:
"An Excel chart is hard-wired to its data source. You can copy and paste a chart to a different sheet and it will still refer to the initial source data."
So I did create the template and used in my 2nd tab which worked perfectly. However, I had an issue with merged cells which I am using for my data, and tylyn suggested that I provide the excel file that I am working with, and I did.
So now I need help as how to make merged cells work when I try to create a pie chart from template based on new data (which reside in mergerd cells).
P.S. I cannot resize my cells to make the data and labels fit into one call, so I have to have merged cells.
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Bijan

How to paste calculated values from Numbers?

When I copy calculated values from Numbers and paste into a table in Pages, I get an image like the one below. Non calculated values paste fine.
To get around this issue, I paste the calculated values into TextWrangler, then copy from there and paste into Pages. Is there a way to go directly from Numbers to Pages with calculated values?

Hi 4th Space,
I you are pasting into a table in Pages, follow Jeffs instructions.
I you are not pasting into a table, this works. Copy the cells in Numbers. Go to your Pages document and under the Edit Menu > Paste and Match Style. It works like Paste Values.
Ian.

Copy a table from numbers to pages only with content

Dear all,
I'm rather new to iWork 08 and now i'm trying to copy a table from a numbers document to a pages document. When i do so it copies the table but with all the formulas and in pages it does not recognize what equals one cell to another. In other words, since the table in discussion has another table beneath it which is linked to with some simple formulas, and i copy only the above table it doesn't know how to link the results to the table below.
To clarify if i copy and paste the whole numbers worksheet containing both tables it pastes into pages in the correct way, all the data being there.
Having said that is there a way to copy only the content from numbers to pages?
I ask this because i can think of no other way to copy and paste properly the table in question.
You can clearly see here what i mean: http://gallery.me.com/bimmered#100024
What you see in the left is the pages document zoomed out to 75%. If you look closely you can see in the lower left of it the unkown data in the table. On the center right you can see the numbers document showing exactly like i want to appear in pages too.
On this pic you can see that copy and pasting the entire table works: http://gallery.me.com/bimmered#100031
So...what's the catch?
Thanks

set the clipboard to (the clipboard as text)
was THE script !
Here is the enhanced version:
--\[SCRIPT pasteValues.app]
Enregistrer le script en tant qu'Application ou Progiciel : pasteValues.app
déplacer l'application créée dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Users:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Pages:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Pages et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
Copier un bloc de cellules de Numbers dans le presse-papiers.
Placer le curseur où vous voulez dans un document Pages (ce peut-être une cellule de table).
menu Scripts > Pages > pasteValues
Le script collera les valeurs seules.
+++++++
Save the script as an Application or an Application Bundle: pasteValues.app
Move the newly created application into the folder:
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Pages:
Maybe you would have to create the folder Pages and even the folder Applications by yourself.
Copy a block of cells from Numbers in the clipboard.
Put the cursor where you wish in a Pages document (it may be a cell of a table).
menu Scripts > Pages > pasteValues
The script will paste the values only.
Yvan KOENIG (Vallauris, FRANCE)
le 18 novembre 2008
property theApp : "Pages"
--=============
on run
try
set the clipboard to (the clipboard as text)
on error (*
• The clipboard was empty *)
return
end try
my pasteIt()
end run
--=============
on pasteIt()
tell application theApp to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell (first process whose title is theApp)
keystroke "v" using {command down}
end tell
end pasteIt
--=============
--[/SCRIPT]
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 18 novembre 2008 18:53:50)

How do i copy and paste selected rows from numbers to another numbers worksheet

I have asked this question before, but it sounds as if numbers did not have the update at that time. I have pasted a spreadsheet from excel into numbers. I would now like to take selected rows, for example, row 5, row 9, row 22, row 27, etc, copy these entire rows, and pastte into another blank numbers work sheet. In excel, one can hold down the ctrl key, and click on each row they want to copy, and all will be copied in one operation, Than you can paste into a new excel work sheet. I have tried this on my ipad 2 many times, holding down the command key, and tapping on each row I want to copy. I just cannot get this to work. Please let me know how to do this, if numbers even has this possible. Thanks.

I have tried this on my ipad 2 many times, holding down the command key, and tapping on each row I want to copy.
Command Key.... on ipad? Ddint know there was one.
As for copying non-continuous ranges, cannot be done on ipad at this time. On a desktop maybe, but i cannot test it right now.
Each row can be done individually, or you could sort the rows to grab the range you want. To do this (espeically if there is nothing that is unique about them), just make a new column and place a 1 in the cell for each row you want to copy, sort. That will place all your rows together and enable you to copy.paste them back out.
If you want to preserve the original sort order, make another column (I usually use A for this) and put in =ROW() as the equation. Fill it down for the whole table and copy/paste values over it. now after you do any kind of sorting, you can always return the list to the original sort order.
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