Hello yo I have noticed these days that you have to write arrow if you start with an equal sign to put in a formula. This didn't used to be the case, so I think this is a bug. Gigi
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2015, at 10:05 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > So if you know the two cells you want multiplied you should just be able to > type in the formula. One tricky bit is if you type anything starting with a > letter it assumes you are entering text, not a label. So if the two numbers > are in cells A1 and A2 you can type the formula =A1*A2 using an asterisk for > the multiplication. One annoying thing I noticed is that when I hit = it pops > some little modal dialog for the formula so I end up typing a1+a2= so I have > to arrow right once after typing the = to get the order correct. > > CB > >> On 2/26/15 2:28 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: >> Hi there >> Go to the first one you want. If you are doing a row, be sure to start with >> the one on the left. If you are doing a column, start with the one at the >> top of where you want to begin. In theory you can do it the other way, but I >> have never been able to make that work. Staying on top of the last one you >> select, go to the menu with VO m. Go to insert and down arrow to formula. >> Find product, sum or whatever. Press ENTER. If you have equal signs or a >> line separating your figures, be sure to be on top of that before you go to >> the menu. You want your separator line into the formula. I hope this makes >> sense. >> >> Gigi >> >>> On Feb 26, 2015, at 1:02 PM, 'Jim Fettgather' via MacVisionaries >>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello to the list. >>> I may be missing something very basic about concepts for using Numbers. >>> With two adjacent numbers, either in a row or a column, I cannot get the >>> Product function in numbers to multiply the entries. >>> I’ve tried selecting the numbers, but that did not seem to work, but >>> placing the cursor in an adjacent blank cell, I went to the insert menu, >>> then formulas, and tried both Enter and VO Spacebar on Product. >>> >>> Clearly this must be operator error, so any hints >>> about performing basic formula calculations would be really helpful. >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
