Re: Problem Inserting Formulas in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-08 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I think that the trainers are just over complicating the issue as they're not used to doing things the VoiceOver way. To insert a formula in Numbers you don't need to click on anything, insert anything from a toolbar or menu or jump to or interact with the formula scroll area. All you need to do

Re: Problem Inserting Formulas in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
I also forgot to say that when I inserted the separation line, I used the equals signs as text. I first typed in an apostrophe and then typed in the equals signs. I could have used anything for the separation line, but I wanted VoiceOver to say the characters. Oh, yes. When you get to the Inse

Re: Problem Inserting Formulas in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
I forgot to say that when I went to where it says insert in the menu, you have to press the right arrow first to get down to the choices. That sometimes happens if it says submenu. Sincerely, Gigi Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 5, 2014, at 10:13 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > > Hi there > I use num

Re: Problem Inserting Formulas in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I use numbers all the time, and I have never had trouble putting in my formulas. Maybe I'm missing something here, but I don't understand why you are having to go through all the things used are going through here. All I have to do is type in the =, and no interaction is necessary or an

Re: Problem Inserting Formulas in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-05 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Chris, It does appear quite difficult and shouldn't be so. You may wish to report it as a bug. Having said which, if you type an equals sign in the cell where you want your formula you can pull down the insert menu and select function and one of those options. But I'm not sure why you ne

Problem Inserting Formulas in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-05 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello, On my Macbook Pro I am still using iWork 2009 under Mountain Lion. However, I am using some of my One-to-One training to get familiar with Mavericks and the new versions of Pages and Numbers. I am having a problem in Numbers which I hope is caused by me doing something wrong. However, as