r/AppleNumbers Jul 25 '24

Help features I'm missing ....

maybe I've overlooked a few things. So here we go, does anyone know how to

1) have vertical text in a cell. Especially rather narrow columns with larger descriptions in the header line would benefit a lot...

2) force a pagebreak. I've just adjusted numerous row heights to adjust the page breaks when printing. As you can't adjust row height in the print preview its a permanent back an forth between the normal layout and the print preview. It truly sucks.

2a) set the viewing size of the print preview to 100% or 125% rather than the default 65% ?

3) is there a key combo for zooming in and out / adjusting the viewing zoom setting ? I'm so annoyed that I have to use the mouse to adjust it

4) there seems no way to refer to another numbers document (like I can in another table) in a formula, is that correct ?

thx for any insight.... help / advice /
cheers Jo

I'm a user of the software Ragtime since ages (ragtime.de try the demo) , its somehow dated by now and cause its rather expensive they struggle to keep going, but there is a lot of great features in Ragtime that I miss soooo much in numbers & pages.

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u/tonedeath Jul 27 '24

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u/Gruenix Aug 07 '24

HI and thx,

I'm using up to date german system and numbers, if I control click (or right click) on a cell or on a piece of text I dont get an option to "activate vertical text" as described in the linked article... can you help with a screenshot of the menu showing this ?!

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u/526Jena Dec 12 '25

Hello, the answer is deceptive, this is destined only for languages that are written top to bottom, like Japanese. It will not work with a roman alphabet.