Thanks everyone, that works. I also discovered that another option-enter will insert a new line, and simply pressing return will get you out of the edit mode. Very nice. Now, stay tuned for my next question... On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:43 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi There > Another thing to tell you because it drove me crazy until I figured this out. > If you go to inser a row, if you want your row to have the same > characteristics, be careful where you put your cursor when you add a row or > column. For instance, if you have text to label your rows, and you want to > add in some numbers to add later, don't put your cursor on top of the label > when you go to add in your row. Put it on top of some numbers you already > have in there and then add in your row. I kept having trouble with my numbers > changing into text until I figured this out. Maybe it's to some, but it was > not to me. I hope this makes sense, but let me know if it doesn't. > > Regards, > Gigi > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:16 AM, Larry Skutchan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This one got me, too. It is Option+Enter to open the cell for editing. >> >> On Oct 8, 2013, at 12:48 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I went ahead and got Numbers. It is good that we can arrow around the grid, >>> at least until there is editing to be done. I can type and have the text >>> entered into the focused cell, but how do i then edit what I typed? >>> Interacting does not work, and deleting without interacting seemed to clear >>> the entire row. I tried enter, like the rename command in Finder, but that >>> just seemed to jump me around randomly. I can't find an edit option in the >>> menus, so it must be something simple, but what? How do I change cell >>> contents in Numbers? Thanks, and sorry in advance - I will very likely have >>> a bunch of questions about this app as I get to know it. >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
