Numbers User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Get started with Numbers
- Intro to images, graphs and other objects
- Create a spreadsheet
- Open or close spreadsheets
- Personalise templates
- Use sheets
- Undo or redo changes
- Save your spreadsheet
- Find a spreadsheet
- Delete a spreadsheet
- Print a spreadsheet
- Change the sheet background
- Touch Bar for Numbers
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- Use iCloud with Numbers
- Import an Excel or text file
- Export to Excel or another file format
- Reduce the spreadsheet file size
- Save a large spreadsheet as a package file
- Restore an earlier version of a spreadsheet
- Move a spreadsheet
- Lock a spreadsheet
- Password-protect a spreadsheet
- Create and manage custom templates
- Copyright
Add a shadow or outline to text in Numbers on Mac
You can add shadows and outlines to text to make it stand out.
Add or remove a text outline
Go to the Numbers app
on your Mac.Open a spreadsheet, then select the text you want to change.
To change all of the text in a text box or table cell, select the text box or table cell.
In the Format
sidebar, click the Text tab, then click the Style button near the top of the sidebar.In the Font section, click
, then select or unselect the Outline tick box.
If you add an outline, use the controls to change its style, colour and width.
Tip: To create an outline effect with no colour inside, click the Font Colour pop-up menu below Character Styles, then choose No Fill.
Add or remove a shadow
Go to the Numbers app
on your Mac.Open a spreadsheet, then select the text you want to change.
To change all of the text in a text box or table cell, select the text box or table cell.
In the Format
sidebar, click the Text tab, then click the Style button near the top of the sidebar.In the Font section, click
, then select or deselect the Shadow tick box.
If you add a shadow, adjust its appearance using the following controls:
Blur: Click the arrows to increase or decrease the sharpness of the shadow.
Offset: Click the arrows to change the amount of space between the text and the shadow.
Opacity: Click the arrows to make the shadow more or less transparent.
Angle: Drag the Angle wheel to change the direction of the light source. You can also enter a value in the field next to the wheel.
Colour: Click the left colour well to select a colour for the shadow that coordinates with other template elements. To select any colour, click the colour wheel on the right.
