Numbers for iOS / How to exit a document without saving it

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Numbers for iOS / How to exit a document without saving it

Hello everybody,

after the update to ios 6 i also downloaded the latest updates of iwork (1.6.2) to my iPad.

Somehow a really crucial functionality seems to have gotten lost: when i want to exit a spreadsheet but do not want to save the changes i have made (e.g. because I messed up the entire spreadsheet) there has always been a dialog box that asked whether I want to save changes or not. This box is not there any more.

How can I leave a spreadsheet without saving the changes I made to it? Even "killing" the numbers app in the task bar doesn´t do it.

Thanks for an answer

Thomas

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 11:17 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 21, 2012 11:26 PM in response to Thomas Reichert

PS In case somebody from Apple reads this post:

I am aware that Apple always wants to keep their products as simple and user friendly as possible, but not being able to discard changes to a document or just saving it as a copy is a real killer to productivity (and hence a reason to give an otherwise fantastic app a one-star-rating in the App Store). If one accidentaly messes up a document one is stuck with the messed up version. Please release an update as soon as possible where the choice NOT to save an iWork document or saving it as a copy when closing it is included again.

Thanks Thomas

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Answer 2

Peggy

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Sep 22, 2012 9:42 AM in response to Thomas Reichert

If you want Apple to receive your comments you need to use the official feedback channel. You'll find links for almost anything Apple on that page.

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Answer 3

Sep 23, 2012 1:56 PM in response to Thomas Reichert

Unfortunately there is no such function. Everything is instant-save-mode. I don't like this either. In my oppinion it's a nice concept in theory but not beneficialin practice. At least the don't-save option came back in osx. But I don't think it will come to iwork for ios since they seem to drift appart instead of integrating.

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