Hi there I don't know if this'll help or not, but there is a way to enter data into numbers with TextEdit. I do this a fair amount. You can do this by putting carriage returns to separate the Rose, and separate columns with the . So let's say we have three columns and four rows that we want to make entries for. After you get into TextEdit typing in the first entry for column one. Press the tab key and type in the entry for column 2, press the again type the entry and for column 3. Then press the carriage return to go back to column 1 keep doing this and two you have all your data put it. Then select all your text, copy to the clipboard, and going to numbers. Put your cursor where you want To start putting in your data. Press option down arrow to add in the number of rows you're going to meet. Then making sure your cursor is in the right starting position paste what you just got from TextEdit. Right now, Numbers doesn't seem to be having problems with pasted text. I have only had problems when I try to type it in. I hope this helps Gigi
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 18, 2012, at 5:56 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.
