Apple numbers User Manual

 Working with Text

 

 To return to regular text at the end of your list, press Return and choose No Bullets 

from the Bullets & Numbering pop-up menu. You may also need to adjust the indent 
level.

If you’re working in a table cell and “Return key moves to next cell” is selected in the 
Table Inspector, press Option-Return instead of Return.

 To add an existing paragraph to a numbered list, click the paragraph, choose a 

numbering style, and then click “Continue from previous.”

 To start a new numbered sequence in a list, click “Start at” and specify the number 

you want the sequence to begin with.

Using Text Boxes and Shapes to Highlight Text

Use text boxes and shapes to make text stand out. 

You can add a text box to a sheet and drag it to position it. 

Click Text Box in the toolbar (or choose Insert > Text Box). 

In the text box that appears, double-click the text and type.

Text boxes automatically grow or shrink to accommodate the length of your text. 

When you’ve finished typing, click outside the text box. Or, to stop editing text and 
select the text box, press Command-Return. 

Drag the handles on the text box to change its width.

Drag the text box to position it on the sheet.

You can’t make a text box taller by dragging up or down. However, you can force the 
box to grow vertically by dragging the selection handles inward to make the box 
narrower.

You can also draw a text box. Option-click Text Box in the toolbar, and drag the pointer 
across the spreadsheet window to create a text box that’s the size you want.

For more information about modifying text boxes, see “Formatting a Text Box or Shape” 
on page 143.

You can organize text in a text box or a rectangular shape into columns. When text has 
filled one column, it flows into the next column.