How can we make a page break in numbers.app? I do not want to use the Content Scale when you want to print nor the Auto Fit. It makes the first page well and not the others ... Anyone can help me?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
No, we can't set a page break. You will find more user friendly composition controls in Numbers '09. There you can see where the pages will break while you are still in the editing mode. Even there, you will not find a Page Break feature but at least you have better control.
Jerry
Thanks for your answer but it is only the one that I was afraid to get!
The App is for free but what a wrong advertising to attract Microsoft users! With such program you want to run back to Excel!
Hi Lahdaki,
Excel needs the 'Insert Pagebreak' feature because of the way that Excel is structured. Excel has huge "oceans" of sheets with "islands" of data. Numbers is suited to several small, moveable tables (and other objects such as graphs) on a "canvas". Each table can have a discrete purpose, such as data input, number crunching and presentation of results. Tables that you don't need to print (the number crunchers) can be hidden on another sheet. Arrange your "presentation" on one sheet. Formulas will link to tables on other (hidden) sheets.
Just a different approach, with a certain charm...
Regards,
Ian.
Hi Yellowbox,
Still I'm not convinced, it gives you indeed some advantages but this page break is a great fault.
All the company is working on Apple, we try even to keep Microsoft away but what when you make a quote of several pages and have to make your lay out at the end, it is a pain in your xxx to make it well.
We cannot make different tables for each page nor I want to make it in Pages with a Numbers table.
Secondly, what do you do when you get a Excell offer that you want to bring to Numbers.
It opens well but again, you need to make all the page lay out afterwards!
Thanks for yoru reply.
It won't change my mind about Apple and Microsoft but for timing earning I won't changes all Excel offers to Numbers anymore. Even if I do not want, it would take me less time to work it out in Excel.
Our own offers will remain in Numbers ...
It is a pity but time is so important nowadays!
Nice week-end.
If you are unhappy with Numbers, or want to give suggestions to Apple, why not try Numbers > Provide Numbers Feedback in your menu? We're just fellow users here.
If Excel is a better tool for you and your business, why not keep using it? I use it often. For a traditional, paper-based office environment with a bunch of desktop or notebook computers, it's tough to beat.
For the future, less paper-based, environment I'm not so sure. There are things Numbers can do that Excel can't. One big one is mobile (where page breaks are not important). And the Numbers table-based approach has its charms both in mobile and on the desktop, as Ian points out.
SG
How can we make a page break in numbers.app?
