Numbers User Guide for iPad
- Welcome
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- Intro to Numbers
- Intro to images, graphs 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
- Use VoiceOver to create a spreadsheet
- Copyright
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Intro to objects in Numbers on iPad
An object is any item you place on a sheet. Tables, graphs, text boxes and photos are examples of objects. When you tap in the toolbar, then tap a button, you see different styles of tables, graphs, shapes and media that you can add to the sheet.
![The controls for adding an object, with buttons at the top to select tables, graphs, shapes (including lines and text boxes), and media.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5ED5629F0946229E5005599D/5ED562A70946229E500559CE/en_AU/2ddb8086e311a81993a730230bc49279.png)
You can change the look of an object by modifying individual attributes of it — like its fill colour, border, shadow and more — or you can quickly change the overall appearance of an object by applying a pre-designed object style to it. Object styles are combinations of attributes that are designed to match the template you’re using.
Tap to see controls for changing the look of objects. Each object has its own formatting options; when you select a graph, for example, you see only controls for formatting graphs.
![The Graph tab of the Format button with graph styles at the top and the Graph Options button at the bottom.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5ED5629F0946229E5005599D/5ED562A70946229E500559CE/en_AU/5a361df0916f23d9e0129088269c121c.png)
You can layer objects on a sheet, resize them, nest them so they appear in-line with the text inside a text box or shape, and more.