Hi there Ever since we went to Mountain lion, I have had problems with numbers slowing down big time on large files. I have Faillone the one thing that helps a little. I turned the mouse follows voiceover cursor off. I had it on, And I have found that it makes a difference. Maybe I should see what happens if I turn cursor tracking off as well, and see if that makes it even better. Gigi
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 18, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > I tried to duplicate this with a spreadsheet with over 220 rows but did not > get the same result. Granted, your sheet may be more complicated than mine > with more formulas and calculations. Have you tried turning Cursor Tracking > off (fn-VO-shift-f3 when navigating through the sheet? When using this > method, you will need to do an extra step to bring focus back together but it > does make the navigation experience smoother. > > With Cursor Tracking Off, there are two basic methods to navigate: > > 1. Navigate up or down, right or left either with VO keys down (lock them > down with VO-semi-colon if you wish) then bring things back together with > fn-VO-cmd-f4. > > 2. Use up/down and right/left arrows to navigate around then toggle Cursor > Tracking back on to bring focus back together. You'll need to navigate one > cell away then back again to force the focus together. > > Having Cursor Tracking off also allows the fast movement to the end of your > spreadsheet without causing things to go busy. > > See if this helps you at all. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2012-11-18, at 4:56 AM, Andrew Lamanche <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Listers, >> >> I've searched the archives of googlegroups for the answer but failed to find >> one. >> >> My spreadsheet is now over 100 rows long and it is growing. Increasingly, >> Numbers has become extremely sluggish, so much so that it is driving me mad. >> The constant "busy busy" message, the sluggishness with which I can move >> from cell to cell is making me think that I won't be able to use Numbers any >> more for the purpose of working with long spreadsheet tables. Is there >> another solution? Does anyone else experience the same issue? I've switched >> off autocomplete text in cells and it has initially improved the issue but >> the longer my spreadsheet becomes, the more impossible it is to use Numbers. >> I've tried Tables application but it is even worse so I have to ditch it. >> Also, with my spreadsheet having so many rows, it takes ages to arrow up and >> down the columns to get to the end of the table in order to enter more data. >> Adn And again, when arrowing up and down, Numbers is very slow and >> eventually Voiceover gets stuck on one particular cell and keeps repeating >> its content over and over again unless I arrow up and down very very slowly. >> >> I'd welcome any suggestions. I'd be reluctant to have to install Fusion but >> if this is the only option, I may have to. But then I'd have to buy Ms >> Office which is very expensive. >> >> In case it helps, I run Mountain Lion on Macbook Air, 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 >> Duo, 4GB RAM, 256 GB solid drive. Does Numbers perform better on newer >> machines? I understand I can't add more RAM to my macbook air. It's late >> 2010 and I have the maximum RAM possible. >> >> Many thanks for any suggestions >> >> Andrew >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
