sjlawton
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Q: What has been lost in Numbers 3.0 upgrade?

Has anyone got a list of features that has been lost in the new version of Numbers?

 

I am aware (and disappointed) that the useful Categories feature has gone (I have requested this feature back on relevant Apple page). I think I also saw that Print view had disappeared.

 

What else has gone? I make extensive use of filtering and sorting - if those features have been watered down then I think I may not bother updataing.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Simon.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 7:36 AM

by Jerrold Green1,Solvedanswer
Jerrold Green1 Jerrold Green1
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A:

Here's my updated list. I'd really appreciate it if anyone who knows how to do the things in this list with Version 3 would reply with an explanation. I checked all these reports out as well as I could, but I certainly could have missed something.

 

J.

 

Function or feature or issue

 

Reorganize Panel gone, no multi-level sort.

 

Categories View gone

 

References now don’t follow sorted rows as they did before.

 

Table Fills are not supported

 

German user can’t use decimal points from numeric keypad.

 

Split Cells is gone

 

Sheet View seems to be the only view available during editing. Page view only available in the Print dialog.

 

Page Headers and Footers are gone

 

Edit Toolbar (add, delete, rearrange tool icons) is gone.

 

Scatter Charts no longer can accept Dates on X axis

 

Dates can’t be used for X-Axis values in Scatter Charts

 

Custom Formats gone

 

Ability to set margins gone

 

Cell border custom line weight is sometimes lost when using Filter Rows

 

Ability to sort selected rows is gone

 

Header text is used in cell references and you can’t turn this “feature” off

 

Can’t set Page Margins; they default to about 1” all around

 

Formula Bar is gone, replaced by a field at the bottom of the Numbers window in which the expression is displayed but can not be edited

 

Graphics Inspector no longer treats a Table as an Object that can be formatted by the Graphics Inspector tools

 

Comments only display as Tool Tips now, can’t be static displays

 

Can’t open Numbers 08 documents

Posted on Oct 24, 2013 8:52 AM

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  • by outdoordreamer,

    outdoordreamer outdoordreamer Dec 13, 2013 8:38 PM in response to Yellowbox
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    Dec 13, 2013 8:38 PM in response to Yellowbox

    Yes I do mean the old colour window, with the different shades of each colour in the handy square box. the chart you show above was in old one a step down.  These do not have shades, only straight colours, or I have to make my own pallets viewable in scroll vertical menu like you show above.

    Is there any way I can copy the square pallet from '09 into 3.0?  I use a lot of these colours all the time. in my budget charts to highlight information and importance.

    thanks for your help.

    I am looking for a good apple computer man to help me with stuff, I am in melbourne,

    i bought a new mac mini, so no '09 on it, I tried copying it from my macbook pro, but no joy, does not open, any tips.

    Would be very handy to have 09 and 3.0 on my mini.

    as I want to stay current with programs now and not just rely on old one, so I can help my friends and colleagues on using 3.0.  I need to know what we can and cannot do with it, so I can say the right thing.

    Cheers. Jason B.

     

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  • by Yellowbox,

    Yellowbox Yellowbox Dec 13, 2013 8:46 PM in response to outdoordreamer
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    Dec 13, 2013 8:46 PM in response to outdoordreamer

    Hi Jason,

     

    Not a good idea to post your email address in a public forum. I have reported your post (for your safety). Better to show your email address on your profile.

     

    Happy to communicate directly. My email address is on my profile. It will help others if we keep the thread alive on here as well.

     

    Regards,

    Ian.

  • by Badunit,

    Badunit Badunit Dec 13, 2013 9:01 PM in response to outdoordreamer
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    Dec 13, 2013 9:01 PM in response to outdoordreamer

    Apple limited the number of colors in the "handy square box" to 5 colors (plus grayscale) and 4 shades per color. Personally I found the large grid of colors to be overkill and it was hard to click on the correct color. I would often end up with multiple shades of "red" cells in my spreadsheets. But I suppose others might have found it useful to have such a wide variety of colors at ones fingertips.

     

    You can still drag a pattern of colors.

  • by Zzyzx239,

    Zzyzx239 Zzyzx239 Jan 2, 2014 10:31 AM in response to Kimbok65
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    Jan 2, 2014 10:31 AM in response to Kimbok65

    Have you gotten an answer to your question about being able to change the margin size?

  • by fitopia,

    fitopia fitopia Jul 25, 2014 9:56 AM in response to Yellowbox
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    Jul 25, 2014 9:56 AM in response to Yellowbox

    Unticking "Return key moves to next cell" in the Inspector is a very very helpful option to have.  Organizing lots of chunks of text in a spreadsheet is easier than a word processor.


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  • by ericbeat,

    ericbeat ericbeat Jul 23, 2016 2:10 AM in response to sjlawton
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    Jul 23, 2016 2:10 AM in response to sjlawton

    It's very disappoint much without category function. It is easy to use and smart tools for my daily operation. Work with latest sort & filtering makes tasks complicated. Please never make Numbers to be complicated as MS Excel. We don't want another monster in this world again. You almost killed the best apps that most people want it.

  • by Yellowbox,

    Yellowbox Yellowbox Jul 23, 2016 4:13 AM in response to ericbeat
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    Jul 23, 2016 4:13 AM in response to ericbeat

    Hi Eric,

    See this reply by SGIII using the SUMIFS function to replace the missing Categories feature.

    https://discussions.apple.com/message/23475017#23475017

    By the way, this is a very old discussion. Numbers has advanced from Version 3.0 to Version 3.6.2

    Please never make Numbers to be complicated as MS Excel. We don't want another monster in this world again.

    Agreed! Numbers does everything I need!

    Regards,

    Ian.

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