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I have Numbers '09 2.3. My coworker has a newer version, 3.2.3. I have a Fill icon on my toolbar I use to fill the rows with color. She can't find one. Where is the fill icon in the new Numbers?
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
select the cell(s) then open the cell formatter:
Then use the fill controls. click the pop-up menu and change "No Fill " to another selection and adjust as needed
Being able to fill is not the problem. Having the fill icon on the toolbar is. It is very convenient to be able to highlight a cell or row and just click that icon on the toolbar. My version has this icon. Her newer version does not. You can see the toolbar from my version in the screen shot below. The fill icon is the yellow one. It is a bit annoying to have to "dig" into the formatting section when you used to be able to just click the button. We are hoping it's just hidden somewhere and we can't find it. Hopefully someone here can tell us where the icon is.
It is not hidden. You can modify the toolbar by selecting the menu item "View > Customize Toolbar…" but I did not see a fill icon.
The only way I can see to fill is to keep the formatter open so that when you select the cell the fill controls are right there
So basically Mac pulled a Microsoft and took away functionality for no reason in it's newest version. I'm glad I made the decision not to upgrade. It doesn't help my co-worker though. *big sigh* Not real happy with Mac right now.....
you can have both versions of Numbers on your computer. I have both versions and even run them both at the same time.
Also... don't forget that you can provide feedback to Apple using the menu item "Numbers > Provide Numbers Feedback"
Hi NeDragonlady,
I haven't missed having the format bar at the top. The format sidebar is always open on my machine except when I am working with filter/sort. It is simply a matter of going right rather than going up. There are many ways that Numbers 3 is easier to use than '09. One is the open, less cluttered look. I suggest you take Wayne's suggestion and give it a spin.
quinn
Hi NeDragonlady,
In Numbers 2.3 and Numbers 3, command shift c is the shortcut to Menu > View > Show/Hide Colors.
It toggles the colour window on and off.
With the colour window showing, click on a colour and drag it to a table cell.
You don't have to select a cell or the table before dragging the colour.
To fill several cells at once, then Numbers needs to know your aim. You must select the cells before dragging the colour to them.
I'm glad I made the decision not to upgrade.
See Wayne's comment:
I have both versions and even run them both at the same time.
Give Numbers 3.5.3 a try. As quinn says,
it has the open, less cluttered look.
As with any new software, 'take a walk around the block' to see what has changed in the neighbourhood.
Regards,
Ian.
Yellowbox wrote:
In Numbers 2.3 and Numbers 3, command shift c is the shortcut to Menu > View > Show/Hide Colors.
It toggles the colour window on and off.
With the colour window showing, click on a colour and drag it to a table cell.
Hi Ian.
Thanks for the reminder on these convenient shortcuts!
SG
I have Numbers '09 2.3. My coworker has a new version 3.2. I have a Fill icon on my toolbar I use to fill the rows with color. She can't find one. Where is the fill icon in the new Numbers?
