Pop-Up Calendar for spreadsheet?

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Pop-Up Calendar for spreadsheet?

Hello to everyone,
I am new here. Due to my desire to get out from under the Microsoft oppression I have been dealing with since the mid '90's, I just bought a Mac Book Pro and love it as it never shuts down on me or freezes up.
I'm working on an invoice in Numbers for my rental cabin and am very happy with it so far.
However, I would like to add a pop-up calendar to my spreadsheet, so that when I go to chose the dates of stay, I can just click on something and the calendar box pops up, like on expeida.com and many travel sites.
Is this a possibility?
Thank you so much for being here, and thank you in advance for your help.

Mac Book Pro 15" 2009, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Apr 28, 2009 6:57 AM

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Answer 1

sharknca

Level 1

130 points

Apr 29, 2009 6:45 PM in response to blondie859111

There is one option. It requires more steps than it should, but it is a calendar.

Select a cell
In the Insert menu, click on Date & Time.
In the cell, double-click the date that was just entered.
In that pop-up, click on the little calendar button.
See the image below

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Answer 2

Badunit

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30,654 points

Apr 28, 2009 8:04 AM in response to blondie859111

Unfortunately not.

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Answer 3

KOENIG Yvan

Level 8

41,819 points

Apr 28, 2009 12:30 PM in response to blondie859111

The date is useful in every application.
What need for this feature when there are numerous widgets offering a calendar in every application.
The asked one would be available only in Numbers.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 28 avril 2009 21:30:32)

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Answer 4

Apr 30, 2009 5:38 AM in response to sharknca

Thank you for your replies.
sharknca, that is exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much!
You just made my spreadsheet exactly what I wanted it to be!

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Answer 5

Apr 30, 2009 5:57 AM in response to sharknca

sharkna,

This is a great suggestion. Blondie should be aware though, that once she has entered the date using this method and has gone on to do other things in her document, the calendar is gone forever and only the date text remains. To choose another date will require that she again Insert > Date and Time.

Not a big deal for your own use, but something to be aware of if one is creating a document for someone else to use.

Jerry

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Answer 6

Apr 30, 2009 10:58 AM in response to Jerrold Green1

Thank you, Jerry, for that additional information.
I wondered if there was a place I can post my template for users that are more knowledgeable than I to make suggestions on?
Thanks!
B

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