Do I need a DataBase application? Print each line from Numbers data onto it's own page.

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Do I need a DataBase application? Print each line from Numbers data onto it's own page.

MacBook Pro - Apple M3Pro, Sequoia 15.3.2 - Numbers 13.2 - Pages 13.2

I have a numbers file containing 15 data fields and one image field. I want to print each line individually from the numbers file and have it include the image file as well. Ideally it should look like an address book with the image showing for each line of the data.

I understand you can no longer do a merge into pages. Years ago, I used Access and was able to set up a custom page for each line of my data.

I can't afford to buy FileMaker. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

MacBook Pro (M3 Pro, 2023)

Posted on Apr 20, 2025 4:53 AM

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SGIII

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Apr 23, 2025 8:15 PM in response to jewel5478

Especially if you've got images I don't think Numbers and Pages are the right tools for maintaining a database from which you can produce "forms" or "reports".

If FileMaker is more than you need, then you might search the Mac App Store for "database".

I've had a decent experience with Tap Forms but there are many others.

SG

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Camelot

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Apr 21, 2025 10:27 AM in response to jewel5478

> I understand you can no longer do a merge into pages.

I don't understand this statement. Pages supports Mail Merge, either from a Contacts database, or from a spreadsheet.

Here's the walkthrough:

Add, change, or delete a source file in Pages on Mac - Apple Support

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SGIII

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Apr 20, 2025 5:32 PM in response to jewel5478

I am not sure it will be easy to do what you want, but Pages does have merge.

Add, change, or delete a merge field in Pages on Mac - Apple Support

https://macmost.com/how-to-use-mail-merge-with-pages-on-a-mac.html

SG

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jewel5478 Author

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Apr 23, 2025 2:56 PM in response to SGIII

Thanks for the answer. I figured it out and can merge all of my data except for the images. They do not merge into the pages document. One cell in each line of the data does have an image in it. Any ideas on that? I did read about file size and the files I have pasted into my numbers document aren't very large but could that possibly be the problem? Is there a size restriction?

Thanks.

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Do I need a DataBase application? Print each line from Numbers data onto it's own page.

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