Link to a web page, email, phone number or sheet in Numbers on Mac
You can turn any text into a link that:
Jumps to another sheet
Opens a website or email message
Calls a phone number
You can edit the link text or destinations, or remove the links so the text again behaves as normal text.
Add a link
Select the text you want to turn into a link.
Do one of the following:
Choose Format > Add Link (from the Format menu at the top of the screen), then choose a destination (Web Page, Email, Phone Number or Sheet).
Press Command-K on your keyboard, then choose a destination in the “Link to” pop-up menu (Web Page, Email, Phone Number or Sheet).
Specify details for the destination:
Web page: Opens a web page in a browser. In the Display field, enter the text you want readers to see. For example, you may want to show the domain name and not the entire web address. In the Link field, enter the URL for the web page.
Email: Opens an email message pre-addressed with the address you provide in the To field. In the Display field, enter the text you want readers to see. For example, you may want to show the recipient name and not the entire email address. Enter a subject in the Subject field or leave it blank.
Phone Number: Calls a phone number. In the Number field, enter a phone number. In the Display field, enter the text you want readers to see. For example, you may want to show the name of the business or person the number belongs to.
Sheet: Goes to another sheet in the spreadsheet. Click the Sheet pop-up menu and choose the sheet you want to link to. In the Display field, enter the text you want readers to see.
To verify the destination, click the button for Open Link, Compose Email, Call or Go to Sheet; otherwise, click the sheet to close the link editor.
Edit or remove a link
Do one of the following:
In a text box: Click the linked text.
In a table cell: Click to the right of the link, Control-click the link, and then choose Edit Link.
In the link editor, make your changes or click Remove.
When you remove a link, the link text is retained but the link formatting is removed and the link is no longer active.
When you’re finished, click the sheet to close the link editor.
Turn automatic formatting on or off for URLs, email addresses and phone numbers
Numbers automatically detects valid web addresses (URLs) and email addresses and styles them (for example, with an underline or different colour) to indicate that they’re active links. Phone numbers aren’t formatted as links by default, but you can turn on automatic formatting for phone numbers. You can also turn off automatic link formatting for URLs and email addresses.
To change whether or not Numbers formats website URLs, email addresses and phone numbers as active links, you can update the settings for automatic formatting.
Choose Numbers > Preferences (from the Numbers menu at the top of your screen).
Click Auto-Correction at the top of the Preferences window.
In the Formatting section, do any of the following:
Website URLs and email addresses: Select or deselect the “Automatically add links to web pages and emails” tickbox.
Phone numbers: Select or deselect the “Automatically add links to phone numbers” tickbox.
If you don’t want links to show formatting but you still want them to be active, select “Automatically add links to web pages and emails” or “Automatically add links to phone numbers” and deselect “Automatically apply link style”.
The setting applies to new text that you enter in all Numbers spreadsheets. Existing links aren’t affected by the change.