6. Text Boxes, Shapes, and Images

In This Chapter

Creating an Object

Working with Images

Formatting Text

Styling Objects

Arranging Objects

You can adorn your spreadsheets with:

• Text boxes

• Lines

• Arrows

• Geometric shapes

• Photos

• Movies

Text boxes are useful for adding titles and annotations, and arrows can point out notable results. As for the other objects, let’s just say that even Apple had a hard time finding a legitimate use for them with Numbers’ built-in spreadsheet templates (stock nature photos on the Travel Planner, for example). Nevertheless, you’ve got ’em if you want ’em, just as you do in the other iWork apps, Pages and Keynote (where they are useful).

Creating an Object

An object is any item that you add to a spreadsheet ...

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