Since the latest update on IOS, the ability to change the name of a spreadsheet in numbers (or Pages) from ”Blank” has gone away. I used to just tap Blank and could change the name and save.
Does anyone know how to make this change when using on IPad Pro?
Instructions for an iPad:
Navigate to the file browser:
If the document is open, tap the "Spreadsheets" link/button on the top left
If there is no doc open, you are in the Browse or Recent files view already
Navigate til you see your "Blank" document
Tap the name of the document and a rename dialog will open.
Jason
One way is to open the document and tap the name at the top to edit it.
SG
Tap on Blank at the top of the open document. It's working here. So if you are having trouble you could try shutting down your iPad entirely and restarting it.
SG
Hi Navitol,
Pages was updated on my iPad two days ago, and the iOS version is 11.0.3.
I found that tapping the Document name had no effect whatever.
Tapping the table name selected the box containing that name and opened the small contextual menu with two choices: Copy and Name Actions. Tapping Name actions opened a dialogue labeled Table Name with a button to Hide Table Name, and four icons: a pair of scissors, two icons that implied 'move back' and 'move forward', and a trash can.
A double-tap on the name eventually did bring up the keyboard and put the insertion point into the name, after which a single tap to the right of the name moved the insertion point to the end of the name, permitting editing by deleting the individual characters and typing in the new Table name.
Editing the Sheet name was similar.
Not the most user-friendly process in existence, but probably workable with practice (and perhaps easier with the help of a stylus like Apple Pen). NOt a struggle that will make me move from Mac to iPad as the prime device for using Numbers, though.
Having had that success, I returned to the Document name.
Still no response to a tap, a double-tap, a triple-tap or a swipe (any direction), with one finger, two fingers or three fingers.
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Regards,
Barry
HI Nitivol,
You've posted this question in the Numbers for Mac community. Since it's about renaming in the iOS version of Numbers (and Pages), I've requested it be transferred to the iWork for iOS community.
Regards,
Barry
Numbers for Mac also offers that way to rename--just go to the name at the top and edit it there.
SG
It may on a Mac but I’m trying to edit on my IPad Pro. That is how I used to change the name but since the latest updates, you can‘t edit by tapping the “Blank”
How to rename a spreadsheet in Numbers on IPad
