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Q: NUMBERS UPDATE DOES NOT AUTOFILL PREVIOUSLY USED ENTRIES AND GENERAL OPTIONS ARE VERY LIMITED

I use numbers to keep information about about verhicle serial numbers, One featuere would show me if I entered a serial number once before.

This autocomplete feature seems to have been removed in the new numbers.

I the general tab there are hardly any options left.

anybody any ideas?

Thanks in advance

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 24, 2013 10:52 AM

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by Wayne Contello,

Wayne Contello Oct 24, 2013 11:21 AM in response to raymondvk
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Oct 24, 2013 11:21 AM in response to raymondvk

You are posting to a forum where fellow users answer your questions. We are as exasperated as you are. You can post feedback to Apple using the menu item "Number > Provide Numbers Feedback"
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by Jerrold Green1,

Jerrold Green1 Oct 24, 2013 12:09 PM in response to raymondvk
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Oct 24, 2013 12:09 PM in response to raymondvk

Ray,

If you have the room for it, you can add a column that flags duplicate entries automatically.

Let's say that you now put your S/N entries in the first column. I would add a column to the left, a new column A.

In column A, write:

=IF(COUNTIF(B,B)>1, "DUP", ".")

And then set the conditional format to highlight the text DUP in column A.

Jerry
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by raymondvk,

raymondvk Oct 24, 2013 9:19 PM in response to Jerrold Green1
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Oct 24, 2013 9:19 PM in response to Jerrold Green1

Hi Jerrold,

Yes this might work, I will have to add this row to all my spreadsheets. It seems like a lot of work for something that is so easy to do in excell. I have been using numbers for about a year now and enjoyed it. because of the cloud feature. now Im wondering if i should switch back to excell and use Doc's to go.

But I will give your option i try first,

your help is greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Raymond
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by StevieBStrummin,

StevieBStrummin Nov 28, 2013 9:35 AM in response to raymondvk
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Nov 28, 2013 9:35 AM in response to raymondvk

I cannot believe the 'autocomplete' feature was removed from Numbers. Has anyone heard about an update to put it back in?
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by Wayne Contello,

Wayne Contello Nov 28, 2013 9:42 AM in response to StevieBStrummin
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Nov 28, 2013 9:42 AM in response to StevieBStrummin

Here is a list from Apple indicating the six month goals:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6049
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by StevieBStrummin,

StevieBStrummin Nov 28, 2013 9:44 AM in response to Wayne Contello
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Nov 28, 2013 9:44 AM in response to Wayne Contello

Thanks very much Wayne, I really appreciate you posting this. Good to know it may get fixed. Cheers!
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by Wayne Contello,

Wayne Contello Nov 28, 2013 9:47 AM in response to StevieBStrummin
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Nov 28, 2013 9:47 AM in response to StevieBStrummin

I am glad it was helpful. Is there any thing else?
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by StevieBStrummin,

StevieBStrummin Nov 28, 2013 9:55 AM in response to Wayne Contello
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Nov 28, 2013 9:55 AM in response to Wayne Contello

No I'm good. Thanks for asking. Happy Thanksgiving!
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