Thanks for your patience John. If I figure anything about this out I'll let the list know as general information. Cheers, Ian On 2012-06-26, at 3:34 PM, John Panarese wrote: > This, I'm not sure of. Logically speaking, it shouldn't make a > difference. I don't know why it would. However, I have not messed around > with ranges like that. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Jun 26, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> You've got it just how I know it. >> >> I was trying to mimick what Voicover was saying with the whole imbeded thing. >> >> Here's what I've found playing around. It looks like I'm fine doing a sum >> for a column, but it's not letting me use a range in a row. sosum(B7:B9) >> worked, but sum(C7:I7) didn't. Is this normal that you can only use a column >> to get a range sum? Maybe there's a different way of entering it when it's a >> row? >> >> Ian >> >> On 2012-06-26, at 3:26 PM, John Panarese wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure what you mean. For example, if I want to add up all the >>> items in a column, it would look like this, =sum(A2:A10) as the range. >>> This should work. Unless I am misunderstanding what you are asking. >>> Please let me know if I am not getting your question. >>> >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John D. Panarese >>> Director >>> Mac for the Blind >>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>> >>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >>> >>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>> >>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 26, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks John. It's doing fine with formulas involving the plus sign, like >>>> d7+e7 etc. It's a range I'm having truble with. When I go to the formula >>>> edit box, I get imbeded cell fields, for example imbeded c7 plus imbeded >>>> c8. When I try a formula with a range like sum, there is no punctuation or >>>> symbol between the imbeded cell fields. So it doesn't say sum(imbeded >>>> c7:imbeded i7), instead the cells are smushed together. >>>> >>>> Does that make sense to you, and if it does make sense, is this right? All >>>> the guides I've read are about dragging and clicking and making sure the >>>> colours match up, not typing in the raw formula. Any suggestions would be >>>> helpful. >>>> >>>> Ian >>>> >>>> On 2012-06-26, at 2:39 PM, John Panarese wrote: >>>> >>>>> This looks fine. Instead of hitting enter, try navigating right to a >>>>> confirm button. I use formulas in my spreadsheets and it's the same >>>>> process as in Windows as far as I can recall. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Take Care >>>>> >>>>> John D. Panarese >>>>> Director >>>>> Mac for the Blind >>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>>>> >>>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >>>>> >>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>>>> >>>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 26, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Starting to play around with the Nurbers spreadsheet, and clearly I'm >>>>>> getting somethign wrong. >>>>>> >>>>>> I hit the equals key, and it starts a formula. I then type in my >>>>>> formula, say sum(c7:i7) and hit enter, but I get whacky values. It's >>>>>> addings some things up, but not my whole range of cells. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ok, I'm taking my formula typing from my experience with Excel, is there >>>>>> a different way of entering them in Numbers? I assumed there was a math >>>>>> language standard. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for help to anyone who has experience with the Numbers >>>>>> spreadsheet. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ian >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>>>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>>>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>>>> >>>>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>>> >>>>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>>> >>>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>> >>>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>> >>> >>>> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >