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Reddkryten

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Sep 10, 2009
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Hello,

Just wondering, is there anyway to have numbers automatically generate pages?

I have a massive spreadhseet, each row contains information on a different element. I can work eith the spreadsheet for data manipulation. However when it is time to present this information, I use have to use a different sheet.

I’ve set this sheet up so, all I need to do is enter the entrys number. Then formulas in the sheet look up the correct row and present it in a nice user friendly page.

However, I might have to present two-thousand entries. This is way too much to do manually. Is there anyway to get numbers to automate this? Generating multiple pages across a range?
 

JD2015

macrumors 6502a
Sep 16, 2014
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If it is what I think you mean - link in data from other tabs in a workbook. Then in the tab you want the data in you click on the cell and type in =. You then copy the data cell or into the cell next to the equal sign.,

It will then automate the data and any changes that might happen to data in the other tab.
[doublepost=1528575211][/doublepost]However, this is for a single cell. Not sure how to do this across a range quickly. Will let you know if I find it out. In excel it would be easy but not sure it can be done in numbers.
 

Reddkryten

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Sep 10, 2009
311
4
Hi,

Yep, I have part one down, linking and presenting data from the other table. It’s just the range.

At the moment my solution is, I have 50 blank presentation sheets. I can quickly plug the required numbers into them, export as a PDF and there it is. This works, but jumping from 50 to 2000 is steep.
 
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