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How to format cells with "slashes"

All I am looking to is format my cells to be split from corner to corner. Nothing more but I am new to numbers and mac completely. How would I do this? Thanks

MBP 15", Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Feb 17, 2011 7:25 AM

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KOENIG Yvan

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Feb 23, 2011 1:24 AM in response to nanobio9

There is no app able to build tables which Numbers may import.

If Numbers doesn't fit your needs (which seemingly it doesn't), use an other application.

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 23 février 2011 10:24:22

Badunit

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Feb 23, 2011 7:38 AM in response to nanobio9

I assume you drew the lines in the corner cell of the table, that they are not actually part of the table itself. I also assume you placed text boxes that contained the three symbols, that they, too, are not part of the table. You can do the same in Numbers.

Badunit

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Feb 23, 2011 7:44 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

Yvan, You are correct that no cell merging is necessary, as long as the entire row is the same size. That is probably a safe bet.

I tried a set of graphics to make a line across the two cells as a background image. It did not work well. The size of the graphics and the size of the cells must be perfect for them to align and look like one solid line. I suppose if it was important enough someone might spend the time getting it perfect but that person is not me.

Feb 26, 2013 2:32 PM in response to Bill Westfall

Don't know if your issue ever got resolved, but I tried to do the same thing today and ran across your message. I came up with this...

http://youtu.be/mweKActZrAw

How to format cells with "slashes"