How can I reference a cell in another Numbers document?

I am converting from Excel to Numbers and it has so far gone well. How ever I have a problem to create a formula in my Numbers document A when I try to reference by clicking a cell in another Numbers document B.

Please note I want to reference a cell in another document and not a cell i another tab in the same document.

Thanks for your help.

MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

Posted on Oct 2, 2017 3:33 AM

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Posted on Oct 2, 2017 5:27 AM

Numbers has never supported referring to a cell of another document. You may, of course, post feedback to Apple using the menu item "Numbers Provide Numbers Feedback"


There is a workaround to use an AppleScript which is custom written to collect data from one document and collect it from another.

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Oct 2, 2017 5:27 AM in response to callejularbo

Numbers has never supported referring to a cell of another document. You may, of course, post feedback to Apple using the menu item "Numbers Provide Numbers Feedback"


There is a workaround to use an AppleScript which is custom written to collect data from one document and collect it from another.

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Oct 2, 2017 8:34 AM in response to callejularbo

callejularbo wrote:


I am converting from Excel to Numbers and it has so far gone well.


As you are probably discovering Numbers has a lot in common with Excel (in particular the functions) but also a lot that is different. So it doesn't always make sense to simply replicate what you were doing in Excel.


Note how easy it is in Numbers to have multiple tables on one sheet (tab). Rather than one big expanse of cells as one often has in Excel, you will find it is more efficient to work with smaller, special purpose tables. Rather than referring to ranges that are only a partial column (for example C2:C4) it is usually easier to refer to an entire column with just the column letter (C).


Because it is so easy to put multiple tables on a sheet, one has plenty of "room" to include work all in one document that in Excel might have been spread across different documents.


Highly recommend spending some time with the templates at File > New to get a feel for efficient document design in Numbers.


SG

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