Numbers Image Insert

[AndreaM]

Okay, I want to add an image to just one cell of a spreadsheet on my Mac, so that it is confined within that one box but can be expanded by clicking on it. I managed to add the image but it covered half the spreadsheet and I can't find a way to keep it within the same sized cell as the rest of the spreadsheet. Can anyone help?

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

I have tried something similar before, and I don't know of a way to basically insert an small/thumbnail of an image in a cell and have it be clickable to see the full resolution.

Can you give us a little more background on what you are trying to accomplish?

C

 

[AndreaM]

Can you give us a little more background on what you are trying to accomplish?

I had been using invoice software (Paperless) for quite a few years and it went belly up when I upgraded to Big Sur. Despite contacting them, and trying various suggestions, it just won’t open and all eight years of library items has disappeared.

Eventually I gave up and decided to see if I could build a simple spreadsheet where I could store a summary of each invoice and attach an image to refer to for all the rest of the info. I built a small practice spreadsheet but I can’t get the image to hide behind the cell allocated yet I know it can be done with Microsoft spreadsheets simply by dragging the image into the cell. I’ve tried searching online for a way to do it but the only guides available seem to be for older versions of Numbers and the options referred to aren’t there any more. It seems such a simple requirement that there surely must be a way to achieve it, especially since the option to add images is in the Numbers menu.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Understood.

Maybe it would work in a table in Apple Pages?

C

 

[AndreaM]

Understood.

Maybe it would work in a table in Apple Pages?

C

I've never really used Pages so have no knowledge of its possibilities. Maybe now's the time to visit it! Can you use Pages on a MacBook?

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hi,

Yes, Pages is Apple's version of Word...you should already have it if you have Numbers.

C

 

[AndreaM]

Hi,

Yes, Pages is Apple's version of Word...you should already have it if you have Numbers.

C

I've had a look at Pages. Whilst it does have a template for preparing invoices, it's not what I need it for. I only want to store the invoices issued to me in a way that is clear and easy to find, with an actual photocopy of the invoice attached to the entry. This was exactly what Paperless allowed so it has been a real loss to me, as well as all the historic entries that have gone too.