Numbers User Guide for iPad
- Welcome
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- Intro to Numbers
- Intro to images, charts and other objects
- Create a spreadsheet
- Open spreadsheets
- Prevent accidental editing
- Personalise templates
- Use sheets
- Undo or redo changes
- Save your spreadsheet
- Find a spreadsheet
- Delete a spreadsheet
- Print a spreadsheet
- Change the sheet background
- Copy text and objects between apps
- Touchscreen basics
- Use Apple Pencil with Numbers
- Copyright
Format text into columns in Numbers on iPad
You can format text in a text box into two or more columns in which text flows automatically from one column to the next.
Format columns of text
Tap a shape or text box, or select text.
Tap
, then tap Text.Tap Columns, then do any of the following:
Change the number of columns: Tap
, or tap the number of columns and enter a new value.Set column width: To use the same width for all columns, turn on Equal Column Width. To set different column widths, turn this option off, then tap
below each column number in the Column Size section, or tap the column width and enter a new value.Set the space between columns: Tap
next to Gutters, or tap the gutter width and enter a new value. If you have more than two columns, you can adjust the gutter width between each column.
Force text to the top of the next column
Tap where you want the previous column to end.
Tap Insert, then tap Column Break.