Password protect iPad numbers sheets?

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Password protect iPad numbers sheets?

I think this has been answered in passing in another post, but just to be clear, is it possible to password protect a spreadsheet in the Numbers iPad app? I have a budgeting spreadsheet that I'd want to protect from people who I show my new iPad to. I suspect the answer is no, in which case I won't be buying Numbers until that's resolved as I think it's a pretty key feature on such a portable device. I realize that I can password protect the whole iPad, but I'd also like to protect information within Numbers specifically. Is there another iPad budgeting app which has this function?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

iMac G4, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on May 27, 2010 4:43 AM

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jaxjason

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May 27, 2010 5:35 AM in response to barney97

no

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ivan54

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May 27, 2010 9:35 AM in response to barney97

Is there another iPad budgeting app which has this function?

Searching for "Budget" in the App Store, a few budgeting Apps offer Password or PIN protection.
PocketMoney - checkbook, budgets, expenses
Budget Touch
Expense Tablet for iPad

There may be others that fit your needs too. Check them out!
ivan

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ayaya

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Oct 11, 2010 8:55 AM in response to jaxjason

I find extraordinary that numbers for ipad has no password protection and that this has not been corrected in spite of repeated questions about it: i) it is perfectly legitimate to expect it, ii) it exists on the original program on the computer ( and therefore I was fully expecting it as a feature on the ipad when I bought it) and iii)other apps, which cost less have it so it must not be that complicated.

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Mar 25, 2011 8:30 AM in response to ayaya

Wow, I did my research in figuring out what functionality Numbers has and was so excited to purchase it. My research didn't include password protection as I consider it such a basic functionality. Completely baffled at how it's not included.

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RzzB

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Apr 25, 2011 12:20 PM in response to Shareef Yousef

Me too - was just about to hit the purchase button and I thought - perhaps I had just better check if there are any posts about it.

I too would have thought it would be a included.

One wonders how the program manager got to make a decision to leave it out!

Bizarre.

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SteveASU

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Oct 17, 2011 8:16 AM in response to barney97

Not sure when it was implemented, but there is a way to require a password to open either a Pages or Numbers file on a Mac. (Not sure about the iPad version.)

The option is at the bottom of the Document Inspector page of the Inspector pallette.

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Sjazbec

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Oct 17, 2011 10:31 PM in response to SteveASU

SteveASU wrote:

Not sure when it was implemented, but there is a way to require a password to open either a Pages or Numbers file on a Mac. (Not sure about the iPad version.)

The option is at the bottom of the Document Inspector page of the Inspector pallette.

iOS iwork ( pages,numbers,keynote on iPod/iPad/Iphone ) does not have this - in any version. That's what has been discussed here .

😉

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mudskip

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Dec 10, 2011 8:42 PM in response to SteveASU

Out of curiositrois, I saved a test spreadsheet as password protected on my Mac version of Numbers.

I then used iCloud.com to upload it, and accessed it from my iPad.

Sure enough, when I tapped it, I get a password entry box on my iPad! 🙂

Not so fast...
After typing in the password the first time, it stays unlocked.

It also modifies the file so that if you download it on iCloud, it is unlocked there as well.

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Answer 9

Aug 13, 2013 1:08 PM in response to barney97

Here's another way to do it, but it's pretty manual.

Create your Numbers/Pages/Keynote document on Mac OS X without "Require password to open".

Instead of using iCloud, save your document to either Dropbox or Box (they both have sync apps on OS X so you can just save your file on an ordinary folder in Finder).

Grab your iPad.

Open Drobox or Box (download them from App Store if you don't have them).

Be sure to set up a Passcode Lock, so only you can access your files.

Find your document and lookup "Open In", and then choose Numbers/Pages/Keynote depending on your file.

Work on your file and when you're done, use Share and Print \ Open in Another App and choose the original Numbers/Pages/Keynote format.

Ask to open in Dropbox or Box. This would create a copy in that app.

Remember to delete your document from Numbers/Pages/Keynote in your iPad, because its visible to anyone.

Hope this works for you.

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