Down at the bottom of the Table Inspector pane is a checkbox that controls what happens by default when you hit the Return key as you are entering text in a cell. That box is checked in the basic template, so hitting Return takes you out of the cell. Un-checking that box will cause Return to give you a new line rather than moving the focus to a different cell.
Where do I find the Table Inspector pane?
iMac 27", macOS 10.13
The checkbox is in the inspector for iWork '09. iWork '09 is end of life and unsupported. The latest version of Numbers (version 6.2) does not seem to have this checkbox.
Apple does provide a means for you to instruct Numbers how to behave when you "exit" a cell:
<return> = move down to the next row
<shift>+<return> = move up to the previous row
<tab> = move to the next column
<shift> + <tab> = move to the previous column
of course you can provide feedback to Apple using the Numbers menu item "Numbers > Provide Numbers Feedback"
The checkbox is in the inspector for iWork '09. iWork '09 is end of life and unsupported. The latest version of Numbers (version 6.2) does not seem to have this checkbox.
Apple does provide a means for you to instruct Numbers how to behave when you "exit" a cell:
<return> = move down to the next row
<shift>+<return> = move up to the previous row
<tab> = move to the next column
<shift> + <tab> = move to the previous column
of course you can provide feedback to Apple using the Numbers menu item "Numbers > Provide Numbers Feedback"
I think it might be Option + Return to add a carriage return inside the cell, but i cant check right now.
Jason
Table Inspector pane
