Numbers: cells are subdivided with lines and shades

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Numbers: cells are subdivided with lines and shades

I have copied a sheet in Numbers, using it on an iPad. Some of the cells look like this in the copy (cropped screenshot with two of the cells):

How do I return them to normal?

iPad Air, iPadOS 18

Posted on Jan 25, 2025 3:02 AM

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Randøy Author

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Jan 25, 2025 3:23 AM in response to Randøy

I did some more research. Unknown to me until now, a sheet may have more than one table in it! And they were displayed over each other. It was necessary to lock the table I wanted to keep, then I could select the initial table in the sheet and delete it.

Maybe this is common knowledge. Or maybe some people will find it useful.

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Yellowbox

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Jan 25, 2025 10:27 PM in response to Randøy

Hi Randøy,

Thanks.

Two tables over each other.

Click on the "v" on the right of the Sheet name to see a list of tables on that Sheet.

Click on the double table and then click on the "bullseye" (top left) and drag that top table to a blank part of the Sheet (Canvas).

Yes, Numbers allows several objects on a Sheet ("Canvas"). Tables, Text Boxes, Graphs...

Regards,

Ian.

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Randøy Author

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Jan 26, 2025 12:49 AM in response to Yellowbox

I have known that text boxes etc could be added as objects. But that the tables themselves were such objects was new to me. I have probably used Excel too much.

Regards, R

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