Apple numbers User Manual

 

 

This chapter describes techniques for adding and modifying 
images, shapes, sound, and other objects.

An object is an item you can add to a spreadsheet and then manipulate. Images, 
shapes, movies, sound files, tables, charts, and text boxes are all objects.

Images include photographs or PDF files. Movies and sound are for spreadsheets that 
will be viewed onscreen. Shapes include simple predrawn shapes (such as triangles and 
arrows) and custom shapes that you draw yourself. Text boxes hold text.

Selecting Objects

Before you can move, modify, or perform other operations on objects, you must select 
them. A selected object has handles that let you move or manipulate the object. 

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To select a single object, click anywhere on the object (to select an object that has no 
fill, click the edge).

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To select several objects, hold down the Shift key as you click objects.

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To select all the objects in a sheet, select the sheet and press Command-A or choose 
Edit > Select All.

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To select an object that’s part of a group, you must first ungroup the objects. Select the 
group, and then choose Arrange > Ungroup.

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To deselect objects in a group of selected objects, hold down the Command key, and 
then click objects you want to deselect.