Can't search within Comments in Numbers ??

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rprescot Author

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Can't search within Comments in Numbers ??

Have others noted this, or could it be a bug specific to my situation?

It makes no difference if the Comments are Hidden or Shown, btw.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Oct 13, 2015 10:24 AM

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Wayne Contello

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Oct 13, 2015 10:30 AM in response to rprescot

I can confirm that text in comments is not searchable. You can post feedback to Apple using the menu item :

"Numbers > Provide Numbers Feedback"

As a work around you can use shapes (since text in shapes is searchable):

If you want to "hide" the notes, highlight the table, then bring the table to the front (so it is on top to the shapes) using the menu item:

Arrange > Send to Front

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rprescot Author

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Oct 13, 2015 10:31 AM in response to Wayne Contello

Thanks, again. An odd workaround.😁

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Oct 13, 2015 11:30 AM in response to rprescot

how do you mean?

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rprescot Author

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Oct 13, 2015 11:49 AM in response to Wayne Contello

What I meant is that needing to have a work-around like this is odd, not that your unique solution is odd. The Numbers help info claims that Comments are searchable via the Find and Replace function.

You can search for specific words, phrases, numbers, and characters, and automatically replace search results with new content that you specify. All visible text in tables, text boxes, shapes, and comments on all sheets is included in the search.

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Answer 5

Oct 13, 2015 12:05 PM in response to rprescot

Based on that I would say this is a bug and you can file a report using the menu item "Numbers > Provide Numbers Feedback"

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