Repair numbers file

After saving and printing an elaborate numbers spead sheet, I needed to go back to revise some of the numbers in the projection. When I try to open the file, the pop up reports: The document "file name" count not be read. The document does not have a valid format. How can I repair this?

This behavior may surface in several cases.
(1) you created/saved the document with Numbers '09 then tried to open it with Numbers '08
(2) the document is corrupted.
I'm wondering how long we will see questions from users which don't apply the basic rules: never trust upon a single copy of a document.
Always keep several consecutive saved versions so, if the version saved at time t appears to be wrong, version saved at time t-x will be in good state.
At this time, it's too late to buy this kind of insurance.
You may send the doc to my mailbox. This way I would be able to try to revive all or some parts of the otherwise defunct file.
Click my blue name to get my address.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 27 mai 2011 15:38:40
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I've read reports of people having trouble when storing Numbers 3 documents on Dropbox. I think it's related to the fact that they're not really "files." They're "packages" that look like files. I had thought that Dropbox had cleared this up with their latest update. You should be on Dropbox version 2.4 or later.
If you have Time Machine you may have some luck going back in time and restoring the document from a previous version.
Storing Numbers documents on iCloud works much better, at least for me, and (unlike Dropbox) iCloud facilitates automatic syncing to other Macs and iOS devices signed into the same Apple ID.
Perhaps you could consider keeping Numbers documents in iCloud instead. iCloud is deeply integrated into the app, and now works well.
SG

I have completed a software update as prompted. However, all "Pages" and "Numbers" files are completely blank. Please advise

I have completed a software update as prompted. However, all "Pages" and "Numbers" files are completely blank. Please advise

Hi... Sorry for delay. I've been away working.
I have just completed another software update as prompted again, and I'm still having problems.
Nearly all my software won't open. It doesn't matter if it's relatively old software I brought over from my last Mac or new software I've purchased from the App store within the last year or two. It always says whatever software I'm trying to open has "quit unexpectedly"
My Mail, App store, Stickies and Safari seem to work, but most other things won't.
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Warning: SUID file “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent” has been modified and will not be repaired.
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Cannot save numbers file, permission denied

Permission denied trying to save a spread sheet. Tried the repair permissions and nothing. I really do not want to reboot as I have spent too much ime working on the spreadsheet.

Chris,
Just ran into this same problem with Saving a pre-existing Numbers file under Snow Leopard / OS 10.6.8.
Solution for me was to notice, in the Finder, that weeks ago, I had previously moved the problem Numbers file into a locked folder that I was using to protect its contents from accidental changes. (The file itself was not locked!) I had forgotten that I had done this! "Insufficient permissions" or "possible full disk error messages" on attempts to save it resulted.
Try this: First, check if the problem file is locked in the Finder.
Select the Numbers file that is giving you trouble in the Finder,
then press Command+I to open its Get Info window
In the General section (NOT in the Sharing & Permisions section) check to see if the Locked box is checked.
If it is, Click it to uncheck and unlock the file
Close the Get Info window
If the problem file itself was NOT locked - follow this same procedure for the Folder in which it resides, as well as any folders above it in the Finder hierarchy.
Actually, if you just OPTION+CLICK on highest folder in which the problem file is nested, you will open it AND open all its sub-folders. If ANY are LOCKED you will see a tiny padlock icon over its lower left corner. Just unlock them as needed and you should regain full access to your problem Numbers file …assuming your problem had the same cause as mine.

How can I convert an old Numbers file to be compatible with the new Numbers version, without having access to the old?

I received a Numbers file created in iWorks version 8 or earlier, but only have the newest version of Numbers on my MacBook Air. I can't request the sender to reformat the file. Is there any way to convert the file so I can open it in the new Numbers version?

Are you sure you don't still have Numbers from iWork '09 on your MacBook Air. My Mid 2012 does. To be certain you can look in the Applications folder to see if there is an iWork 09 folder. You can also use Spotlight search to see if it will find that Numbers as well as the current one.
If you do find to 09 version: iWork '09 and iWork '08: File compatibility

I can no longer access a password protected Numbers file with the correct password. Error message only says the file "cannot be opened."

I'm using Numbers version 3.2.2.
Suddenly I cannot access my password protected Numbers file with the correct password. I have the correct password written down so I know I haven't made a mistake.
The response box that pops up says that the file cannot be opened. There are no other options for me to choose from.

Also, I tried to open it through an older version of Numbers but it sent this error message.

Sample Applescript: scraping values from numbers files into a master file

Hi, I have programming experience in c and other languages, but am new to applescript and so am learning a lot from this forum.
My goal is to make a timesheet system for my Dad (for a bday present) where every time he helps a client, he fills out a newly created numbers file - and after a week or so, he can run a script that scrapes certain values from each numbers file and places it into a master numbers file. Then saving and closing the file.
Vince, it sounds like you've written a script that does this feature of looping through all numbers files in a folder and putting select values from each numbers file into a master numbers file (after clearing the previous values of the master file).
Specifically, I'm looking for a sample script that opens up a numbers file, clears its table, then fills this table by scraping one value from a particular cell in every numbers file in a folder.
If anyone has a similar script they would be willing to post or email to me, for me to use as a foundation and to learn from, I would be very very very grateful. My email is forman.jq at gmail dot com.

I guess that this script may be a good starting point.
--[SCRIPT fromfolder_2spreadsheet1]
The target spreadsheet must be open at front and must contain the sheet sheet_destination which much contain the table table_destination.
Choose the folder supposed to store the source sopreadsheets.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2010/08/18
--=====
(* Edit these height properties to fit your needs *)
property destination : "destinationDoc.numbers"
property sheet_destination : "destination"
property table_destination : "insert here"
property premierelignedestination : 2
property colonne_destination : 2
property ledossierhabituel : "Macintosh HD Maxtor:Users:yvan_koenig:Desktop:dossier habituel:"
property ligne_source : 2
property colonne_source : 2
--=====
on run
my activateGUIscripting()
Select the folder storing the spreadsheets from which we will extract values *)
set dossier_source to choose folder with prompt "Choose folder storing the Numbers documents…" default location (ledossierhabituel as alias)
Build a list of disk items available in the selected folder *)
tell application "System Events"
set les_elements to every disk item of folder (dossier_source as text) --whose (get type identifier) is in
set les_tableurs to {}
Extracts the list of the Numbers spreadsheets available in the selected folder *)
repeat with refsurelement in les_elements
if type identifier of refsurelement is in {"com.apple.iwork.numbers.numbers", "com.apple.iwork.numbers.sffnumbers"} then
copy path of refsurelement to end of les_tableurs
end if
end repeat
end tell -- System Events
if les_tableurs is {} then
No Numbers documents available so we stop the process. *)
set rapport to "The folder “" & dossier_source & "” doesn’t contain Numbers documents !"
else
set rapport to {}
end if
Check that the target Numbers document is open at front
and that it embed the defined sheet embedding the defined table. *)
tell application "Numbers"
activate
set existants to name of documents
if destination is not in existants then
copy "The document " & destination & " is not open !" to end of rapport
else
tell document destination
if sheet_destination is not in (name of sheets) then
copy "the sheet " & sheet_destination & " is unavailable in the document " & destination & " !" to end of rapport
else
tell sheet sheet_destination
if table_destination is not in (name of tables) then copy "The table " & table_destination & " is unavailable in the sheet " & sheet_destination & " of the document " & destination & " !" to end of rapport
end tell -- sheetSource
end if
end tell --document destination
end if
If target document is not at front or if it doesn't match the defined requirements,
we quit the process. *)
if rapport is not {} then error my recolle(rapport, return)
Clean the target table, minus row 1 supposed to be storing columns headers *)
tell document destination to tell sheet sheet_destination to tell table table_destination
set selection range to range ("A2 : " & name of last cell)
end tell --document destination
end tell -- Numbers
my selectMenu("Numbers", 4, 9) (* Suppress *)
set liste_valeurs to {}
tell application "Numbers"
repeat with un_tableur in les_tableurs
Open the spreadsheets and extract from each of them the wanted value *)
open un_tableur
tell document 1 to tell sheet 1 to tell table 1
set une_valeur to value of cell 2 of column 2
end tell
if une_valeur is 0.0 then
copy "empty" to end of liste_valeurs
else
copy une_valeur as text to end of liste_valeurs
end if
close document 1
end repeat
Now, it's time to insert the values in the target table *)
set ligne_destination to premierelignedestination
tell document destination to tell sheet sheet_destination to tell table table_destination
repeat with une_valeur in liste_valeurs
if not (exists row ligne_destination) then add row below last row
if une_valeur is not "empty" then
set value of cell ligne_destination of column colonne_destination to une_valeur
end if
set ligne_destination to ligne_destination + 1
end repeat
end tell -- document destination
save document destination
end tell -- Numbers
end run
--=====
on recolle(l, d)
local oTIDs, t
set oTIDs to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d
set t to l as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oTIDs
return t
end recolle
--=====
on activateGUIscripting()
(* to be sure than GUI scripting will be active *)
tell application "System Events"
if not (UI elements enabled) then set (UI elements enabled) to true
end tell
end activateGUIscripting
--=====
my selectMenu("Pages",5, 12)
==== Uses GUIscripting ====
on selectMenu(theApp, mt, mi)
tell application theApp
activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process theApp to tell menu bar 1 to ¬
tell menu bar item mt to tell menu 1 to click menu item mi
end tell -- application theApp
end selectMenu
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
I apologize, I'm too busy to write more explanations.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 18 août 2010 21:38:04

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It almost seems as if the file hasn't made it off the iPad and into iCloud, but I can't find any information on ways to force that or know if it's been done.

Two possible problems. 
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http://www2.blackboard.com/tuneup/viewpage?name=tuneup_browser_tuneup_windows_firefox 
Select the link for the version of WebCT Vista or Campus Edition ''(version info is usually at the bottom of each page, in the footer)'' that your school is using, then see which version of Firefox is compatible.
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My advice is to install the Firefox Portable version that you need for Blackboard on your computer, and use that installation only for Blackboard. Continue to use 4.0.1 for all other web browsing. 
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable/localization#legacy
2. Firefox uses a Plugin ( you have Office Plugin for Netscape Navigator installed) to open files that aren't "internet files", like word processing documents. 
I can't help you directly with Office, as I use Open Office, but there should be a preference for that Plugin within your Office preferences or options under something like Internet, to have those files '''Display documents in browser'''. 
Or see this to make sure you have your "file type" set correctly. 
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+file+types

Can't open a numbers file

Dear Colleages
I have a big problem with a numbers file. I work with the numbers version and have saved a file couple days ago on a usb stick. It file with my password login usw. I have done and used that file for months and I have been using the new numbers version since the launch of the new version. Today when I wanted to open the file to adjust it I get the messge "pw.numbers file can't be opened". I have not used dropbox or cloud for that file.
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Hello Paul,
Can I ask how you are opening the file? I am having similair issues, although I am preferring iWorks '09 apps still but have both installed, and working on files on a remote server (WebDav), I am getting the similiar errors, but if I copy the file to the local desktop and work with it there, then it's fine. Maybe your attempting to open from the USB stick!? Try locally on the desktop/documents folder?

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In Excel, the .xls file would always open on the the cell location where the file was previously saved. Very nice to have feature when the file is long ,so one does not have to keep scrolling down the page to make the next entry every time the file is opened.
Can Numbers do this? I can't find an option for it.
After opening a file, I must always scroll down to the last entry or where I want to start inputting data. What a pain.
Is there a way to open a numbers file to where one was located when it was previously saved?
Anybody know? Please help.
Thanks

CF,
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Whenever I try to delete a Numbers 09 file, I get the error message that the file cannot be deleted because it is in use. I get this without the file being open at all, so it shouldn't be in use and I should be able to delete it.

It's actually a plain and simple file. It contains several sheets, each sheet 1 or 2 tables, but no links to external files nor links within the file from one table to another.
And indeed, I only have it with Numbers files even if I try to delete the file immediately after startup of my computers (iMac and Macbook, both running the same versions of OS X and Numbers). If I try a couple of times, sometimes the file is deleted, but I haven't found out what has changed so that the file can be deleted.

Numbers file wont open. please help asap!

I've been workin on a Numbers file for some days and have always safed it at the end of the day. Today i wanted to open it but i keep on getting this error that it can not be opened. Does anybody know a quick solution to it?

Not enough information to hazard a guess.
What is the error message that is displayed?
What version of the Mac OS is running on yout MBP? If you have updated to this version from an earlier version, how was that update done?
What version of Numbers '09 are you using?
All of these may be factors in solving the issue.
A quick solution would be to open your most recent backup copy of this file and rebuild from that. This solution, of course requires that you have a recent backup copy available, something that is, I suspect, not true for the majority of us on the first occasion that we need one.
Regards,
Barry

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I havne't had this problem myself, so I can only guess, but my first suggestion, if you haven't already, is to try sending it to yourself via email from the ipad & when it asks you for the format, choose excel.

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Hi folks. I am desperate for help. I have a very important Numbers file that I am working with, where I need to add 289 "sheets" to a single file. Everythign was fine, until I am trying to add my 146th sheet. When I add that next sheet, It will no longer auto save or let me manually save!
I can't find any file size or number of sheet limits.
What can I do? I really must have each sheet on the same file.
Please advise.
Drew

Drew,
According to the following discussion, Yvan Koenig states that you can have 255 Tables per Sheet and 255 Sheets per Document:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/7813797#7813797
In my opinion, anything approaching this order of magnitude belongs in an Office or Office-clone app. Numbers is bound to choke sooner or later with this much data.
If you are certain that you haven't hit one of these limits, there may be other reasons you can't save that we can't guess with the information that you provided.
Jerry

How do i find a numbers file

in numbers I type Command-o
in the search field i type "numbers" without the quotes.
no numbers files are found in that directory.
.xls and .csv files are found, including .xls versions of previously created .numbers files
typing the full filename also fails to find any file with a .numbers extension
spotlight finds them. clicking them opens numbers as expected.
clearly something's broken, and i thought only on my system (since no one else has mentioned it),
but my son's macbook has the same behavior as mine.
any ideas?

[Note: I tried reinstalling iWork, which claimed "Success!", but trying to run it (numbers) failed, big time, since i already upgraded to SL and the old numbers isn't compatible. Apparently Software Update doesn't really know what you're running ... but that's a separate problem.]
Behavior described and explained several times.
When you buy iWork, you get the version 9.0.3.
Before running the apps in Snow Leopard, you must apply at least the update 9.0.4.
There is also an update 9.0.5.
And on my side, I'm running the version 9.1
Updates are delivered to be applied.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 30 septembre 2011 20:20:24
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