User Guide

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Learn how to add images, shapes, sound, and movies to your
spreadsheets.
An object is any item you add to a spreadsheet and then manipulate. Images, shapes,
movies, text boxes, tables, and charts are all objects.
This chapter focuses on images (photographs or PDF les), shapes, sound, and movies.
Many of the techniques covered in this chapter for placing and manipulating these
objects can be generalized to tables, charts, and text boxes; any special formatting
techniques for these objects are covered in other chapters.
Working with Images
Numbers accepts all QuickTime-supported formats, including the following graphics
le types:
TIFF Â
GIF Â
JPEG Â
PDF Â
PSD Â
EPS Â
PICT Â
If you intend to greatly enlarge or reduce an image’s dimensions, consider converting
it to a PDF le before importing it. PDF les don’t lose their crispness when they’re
signicantly resized; other le types may not retain their clarity as well when they’re
resized. You can convert an image to a PDF by using Grab. Open Grab (it’s in the
Applications/Utilities folder), choose Capture > Selection to capture an image, and
then choose File > Print to save the image as a PDF.
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Working with Shapes, Graphics,
and Other Objects