Print a spreadsheet in Numbers on Mac
Before you print a spreadsheet, you might want to change its settings so that it looks the way you want it to print. For example, you might want to hide or show a table name and turn off the gridlines so they don’t appear.
In Numbers, you can specify other settings that affect your printed spreadsheet but not your working canvas. These settings include page numbers, margins, page header and more.
Print a spreadsheet
Open the spreadsheet and choose File > Print.
The Print Setup sidebar opens on the right and your spreadsheet appears in a blue grid on the left.
Click the printer pop-up menu and choose a printer.
If you don’t already have a printer set up, open System Preferences, click the back arrow at the top of the System Preferences window, click Printers & Scanners, then follow the instructions.
Click the paper size pop-up menu and choose an option.
Set other print options:
Content Scale: By default, Numbers scales your content so that it fits the width of one page. To display content across multiple pages, drag the slider to adjust the scale. To fit content to the width of a page again, click Fit. (If you open a spreadsheet from Numbers ’09, Fit is turned off by default.)
Repeat table headers: Select the tickbox to print table headers on every page where the table appears.
Page Numbers: Page numbers are printed by default. To continue page numbers from the previous sheet, select “Continue from previous sheet”. If you select “Start at”, type a starting page number. If you don’t want a page number to print on a specific sheet, click the centre of the footer on the miniature sheet in the grid on the left, select the page number, then press delete on the keyboard.
Page Order: Choose whether pages are numbered top to bottom, then left to right, or left to right, then top to bottom.
Page Margins: Enter values or click the arrows next to Top and Bottom to set the page margins.
To add and edit a header, do any of the following:
Add text in a header: Move the pointer over a miniature sheet in the grid on the left, then click and type in the header field that appears. You must add headers to each sheet where you want them.
Insert a page number, page count, or date & time in a header: Move the pointer over a miniature sheet in the grid on the left, then click in the header field. Choose Insert > Page Number, Page Count, or Date & Time (from the Insert menu at the top of your screen).
Change the look of header and footer text: Select the text, click Text at the top of the Print Setup sidebar, then choose formatting options.
Select This Sheet to print only the current sheet, or All Sheets to print every sheet in your spreadsheet.
Click Print.
Note: A print dialogue appears with options to specify the number of copies, range of pages to print and more.
To exit the print settings at any time, click Done at the bottom of the sidebar to return to your sheet.
To customise how your spreadsheet looks when it’s exported to PDF, specify the print settings, click Print, then click PDF.