Manipulate Objects

Tables, with their strict row-and-column structure, can keep even the most disorganized user in check. But as you work on a sheet you’re not confined to a grid when you add tables, some charts, a few text boxes and maybe even images, movies, and recordings.

Fortunately, Numbers has tools that can keep sheet elements in line (literally). In this chapter, after you learn about setting ruler and guide preferences and how to Select, Move, and Duplicate Objects, you learn how to align, group, and resize selected objects manually when you Work on the Sheet, and see how to take a more by-the-numbers approach (no pun intended) when you Work on the Arrange Tab.

Set Ruler and Guide Preferences

Before trying to organize things on a ...

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