There's no proper way to export charts to PDF in numbers 3

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Cyber Wu Author

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There's no proper way to export charts to PDF in numbers 3

In Numbers 09, there're at least two ways.

1. copy the chart and paste to preview with `New from clipboard`, although this has some bugs on the chart format

2. Copy to pages, export as RTFD, and extract the pdf in the package.

However, when upgraded to the new iWork,

these two ways are ruled out.

1. Seems preview doesn't recognize the new format of the iwork content, so `New from clipboard` results in a blurry image instead of a vectorgraph like pdf.

2. The exporting to RTFD functionality has been removed.

I don't understand why apple is doing this, and I wonder is there any proper way to export to a high-resolution PDF from the charts?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Dec 19, 2013 4:57 AM

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Badunit

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Dec 19, 2013 5:07 AM in response to Cyber Wu

Print the page/sheet and select "Print PDF to Preview" instead of actually printing.
In Preview, use the rectangular selection tool to select the chart
Copy
New from Clipboard

That will create a PDF vector image of the chart. It is a few more steps than in Numbers '09 but it does give you all the pieces of the chart (unlike Numbers '09),

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