iOS Numbers: How To Export Multiple-Page PDF for Large Spreadsheet?

Helper app -- /print n share

Print directly to the widest range of network or WiFi printers available in any app. Alternatively print via your computer to ALL printers including USB & Bluetooth printers. View read and display large PDF, Office & iWork files. Easily transfer & store files from the Cloud or your computer.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/print-n-share/id301656026?mt=8

printing to a non-airprinter from an iPad

To print from the iPad, your going to have to install some more software:

-- install a printer app on the ipad. many printer makers have iPad applications for their printers. Look in the app store

-- install enabling software on a computer which you have connected the printer

For a comprehensive list of links,

see Texas Mac Man list:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4820371?answerId=21291967022#21291967022

or

http://ipadhowtouseit.com/ipad-printing/

Generic Software:

You can connect the printer to a computer and install software on your computer to print from your ipad to the comptuer then to the printer.

Software for your computer's printer:

Mac and Windows

FingerPrint

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-57368414-233/fingerprint-turns-any-printer- into-an-airprint-printer/

Makes any printer AirPrint® compatible so you can print from an iPad® or iPhone®.

Reportedly works for any router.

http://www.netgear.com/landing/genie/default.aspx

Look at these links.

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3369

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3552

 Cheers, Tom 😉

I am having this same problem. I need to be able to mail my spreadsheet as a PDF from my Ipad. I did not have this problem until the new version of numbers. Also, when I make my sheets in landscape mode numbers changes the PDF orientation to squeeze everything onto one page. I do not have this problem when viewing my spreadsheets in the print preview. Please help!

Thank you for your time.

Heidi

Hi Heidi/all,

I have a workaround that will do this, but agree it is a problem to not have the PDF export in Numbers respect the page layout. A two page spreadsheet/notes document in landscape format that comes out as a single portrait orientation page is not what should happen.

I have Printopia (search for it on the Web, its not available on the App Store) installed on my MacBook Air. This app is primarily to allow the iPad to print to any networked printers that are installed on/confgured for the Mac on which the app is installed. With that installed, I see my networked printers from the iPad's print dialog windows (assuming my MacBook is on and on the same wifi network), plus options to print to Dropbox, Evernote, and Send to Mac.

I was able to "print" the file from within Numbers on the iPad using the "Send to Mac" option. It sent a PDF file to a folder on my MacBook in the same page orientation as the document on screen.

- Kevin

I realize this is a little late, but after much frustration, I just figured this out.

1. In Numbers, go to File --> Print, which opens the "Print Setup" area in the side bar.

2. Use the print setup section to get the document looking how you want it to look as a PDF. (For me, I click the "fit" button under "Content Scale" so that the document fits the width of the page.)

3. Click "Print" at the bottom of the Print Setup section.

4. In the window that opens, DO NOT click Print. Instead, click the button on the far left that says PDF, then select "Save as PDF." This should save your PDF so it appears how you set up in the Print Setup section.

Crisp,

Did you ever get this figured out? I use my Ipad for my business and would like to be able to send my proposals out directly from numbers, but the only way I can figure out to do it is to send each page by itself. Not only is this extremely time consuming, it would also look very unprofessional.

I'd try another app. There is a free server based system that uses the real excel. Free for a small number of docs. See below.

All of the "Office" document editing applications on the iPad have limitations. Best try them out to see if they meet your needs.

Free apps

Apple iWork

iWork by Apple -- free with newly purchased iPads

• Keynote
  How to compose PowerPoint presentations that are compatible with iPad Keynote presentations. http://www.pchelps.com/2011/06/from-pc-to-ipad-creating-presentations-that-work/ #comment-2234
  
• Numbers
• Pages
  

http://www.imore.com/how-get-all-iwork-apps-iphoto-and-imovie-free-eligible-ipho ne-or-ipad

iWork for iCloud Beta

https://www.apple.com/iwork-for-icloud/

Citrix ShareFile QuickEdit

"Is the simplest document-editing tool available for iOS devices. Open, view, create and edit Microsoft® Word, Excel® and PowerPoint® files — right from your iPod®, iPhone® or iPad®!" Was Office² HD.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id364361728?mt=8

Kingsoft Office

"Read, edit PowerPoint files, and read Word documents on your iPhone or iPad, Share it by cloud storage."

http://www.kingsoftstore.com/office-free-ios

Microsoft Office

"View, create and edit" Excel, Powerpoint and Word "documents for free! Plus: open, edit and save documents from Dropbox."

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-excel-for-ipad/id586683407?mt=8

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-powerpoint-for-ipad/id586449534?mt=8

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-word-for-ipad/id586447913?mt=8

Google

Docs

"Open, edit, and save Microsoft Word documents. Share documents and work together with others in the same document at the same time."

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-docs/id842842640?mt=8

Sheets

"Open, edit, and save Microsoft Excel files. Share spreadsheets and work together with others in the same spreadsheet at the same time."

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-sheets/id842849113?mt=8

Slides

"Open, edit, and save Microsoft PowerPoint files. Share presentations and work together with others in the same presentation at the same time."

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id879478102

CloudOn

Client front end to a Microsoft Office running on a server

"CloudOn brings Microsoft Office® to your iPhone & iPad and links it to your Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and SkyDrive accounts." Free for a give number of documents.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cloudon/id474025452?mt=8

Paid

DocsToGo

• VIEW/EDIT/CREATE Word & Excel files(Office 2007/2008/2010)

• VIEW PowerPoint, PDF, iWork, Text, .RTF, and more!

• Send & receive attached supported documents using the built-in Mail app

• FREE desktop application with your purchase! Compatible on Win & Mac allows you 2-way file sync with a WIFI connection.

• Open & Edit files within DocsToGo from any 3rd party app that supports the “Open In” feature

• Supports iTunes File Sharing via USB cable for manually moving files

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/documents-to-go-office-suite/id317117961?mt=8

Oops - I clike this helped me when it didn't!!!

Sorry

Just as an aside. Numbers does the same thing with Excel exports to .XLS or .XLSX.

The exported spreadsheet looks fine but the print setting have been totally lost.

VERY Frustrating!!!

Thank you so much Kmgard! Your solution worked perfectly for me.🙂

I am creating a Mileage and Expense report in Numbers, and had the issue of it combining into one page when I would export as a PDF. It would print multi-page no problem, but emailing the PDF is what I needed to do.

THANKS!!

This did the trick! Thanks

Thank you!!! I've had the same issue and your instructions were exactly what I needed!!!

THANK YOU!!!! This worked perfect!