Apple numbers User Manual

    Using Tables 

 

When a cell is selected, use the Tab, Return, and arrow keys to move the selection to an 
adjacent cell. Selecting “Return key moves to next cell” under Table Options in the Table 
Inspector sometimes changes the effect of the Return and Tab keys. 

You can select adjacent or nonadjacent cells. 

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To select adjacent table cells, select a single cell, and then hold down the Shift key as 
you select adjacent cells.

You can also click a cell, hold it, and then drag through a range of cells.

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To select nonadjacent table cells, hold down the Command key as you select cells. Use 
Command-click to deselect a cell in the group.

Select rows and columns using their reference tabs. 

The next cell to the right

Press Tab. 

If you press Tab when the last 
cell in a column is selected, a 
new column is added.

If you add or change data in the 
last column, press Tab twice to 
add a new column.

Press Tab. 

If you press Tab in the last 
column, the first cell in the next 
row is selected. 

If you press Tab in the last cell of 
the table, a new row is added.

The previous cell

Press Shift-Tab.

Press Shift-Tab.

If you press Shift-Tab in the first 
cell, the last cell is selected.

The next cell down

Press Down Arrow or Return.

If you’ve been using the Tab key 
to navigate between cells, 
pressing Return selects the next 
cell down from the cell in which 
you started tabbing.

If you press Return when the last 
cell in a row is selected, a new 
row is added.

If you add or change data in the 
last cell, press Return twice to 
add a new row.

Press Down Arrow.

The next cell up

Press Up Arrow or Shift-Return.

Press Up Arrow.