Comments on: MacMost Now 255: Using Spreadsheet Formulas in iWork Numbers

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:08:18 +0000

Yes, that’s the trick. I guess the feature is the ability to find a previous reference to a cell in the formula.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:43:23 +0000

Aha! I figured the work-around: hold the Command key before clicking. The icon changes to allow the cell to be used more than once in the formula.

I don’t think much of this “feature”…

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:14:13 +0000

Thanks for the simple introduction to spreadsheet formulas. I very much like the color coding in formulas for use with young students. One issue I can’t seem to resolve, though, is how to handle a formula which uses the same cell twice. For example:

=B1 + 2*(A1 + B1)

While I can type this formula in directly, I can’t get the second B1 by clicking on the cell- clicking on cell B1 takes me back to the first B1 in the formula.

Is this a bug or a “feature” that I don’t understand?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:13:55 +0000

This is a great episode! It also works in iWork ‘08 if anyone is wondering…