Setting Page Margins

I guess they figured you could do your own layout, At least Numbers still has the vertical ruler and guide lines, eliminated in Pages.

Jerry

I can't wait to hear how we're supposed to solve this one. 😕

I'm curious how you use the Margin settings in Numbers. I've never set a margin in Numbers - always used the default, whatever that may have been. Margins set the width of a Text Layer and the width of Headers and Footers. Since page Headers and Footers have been eliminated in V3, and a Text Layer has never been a part of Numbers, what's to be gained by having margin settings?

Jerry

Edit: Just found the answer in another thread on this subject. Reducing the margins increases the useable space in the printout. Important is some situations, I'm sure.

I'm interested in being able to set the margins again as well.

Same issue here! Unbelivable. It is also very frustrating that we have to do some many clicks to switch from "Table" "Cell" "Text" "Arrange". Excel still better.

News Flash!

Numbers 'Lite' doesn't alter margins set in Numbers 'Pro'.

May help in a pinch.

Jerry

what is Number lite vs Numbers Pro? I thought it was just Numbers. Please explain

Hi cmelder,

Jerry was referring to 'Numbers Lite' as Numbers 3 (it appears to be a lighter version) and 'Numbers Pro' as Numbers 2 (Numbers '09) as the more professional version. We shall see... 😉

Regards,

Ian.

This is a major disappoiment.

Professionally I have many numbers documents with multiple pages set up with header, footer, ...

Header and footer information is all gone and I cannot set-up page layout anymore.

My documents are now useless. Most likely have to quit using the program.

I can't believe Apples has done this, upgrading a program making users loose information on their documents is something I have never seen before...

Thanks..I thought I missing out on a version. However, with the new numbers, it seems like we are all missing out now.

Chad

That was the firs thing i found missing..!! they have toput it back or as i claim in review show us how to do it because even the manual is wrong... or inacurrate 😐

so disapointed because i the only wau i can use the app is changing it

cmelder wrote:

Thanks..I thought I missing out on a version. However, with the new numbers, it seems like we are all missing out now.

Chad

Chad,

Sorry if I caused any confusion.

My current thinking on the lack of Margin Setting in Numbers 3.0 is to edit my tables in Numbers, which I think still handles table editing better than Pages, but to publish in Pages where the layout aspects of the composition are much easier to control.

Jerry

This is seriously stupid of Apple and extremely frustrating and customer unfriendly. I hope they fix this soon.

Hi MelodyfromNV,

Wow, another cross-post.

See Shawn L.'s suggestion and Ian's elaboration in the workarounds thread.

SG