Hi, I've got a 2011 core i5 macbook pro with 8 gb ram and an ssd and all the issues you reported. i can sort of get around with the find feature some times, but not always. IWork hasn't been updated since snow leopard. I'm wondering if it's partly a compatibility issue with new operating systems.
i tried tables but it will only import excel files. I'm not really very happy with the way it imported them either. I'll try it again now and see if i can force it into submission. Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2012-11-18, at 6:56 AM, Andrew Lamanche <andrew.laman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > I've searched the archives of googlegroups for the answer but failed to find > one. > > My spreadsheet is now over 100 rows long and it is growing. Increasingly, > Numbers has become extremely sluggish, so much so that it is driving me mad. > The constant "busy busy" message, the sluggishness with which I can move from > cell to cell is making me think that I won't be able to use Numbers any more > for the purpose of working with long spreadsheet tables. Is there another > solution? Does anyone else experience the same issue? I've switched off > autocomplete text in cells and it has initially improved the issue but the > longer my spreadsheet becomes, the more impossible it is to use Numbers. I've > tried Tables application but it is even worse so I have to ditch it. Also, > with my spreadsheet having so many rows, it takes ages to arrow up and down > the columns to get to the end of the table in order to enter more data. Adn > And again, when arrowing up and down, Numbers is very slow and eventually > Voiceover gets stuck on one particular cell and keeps repeating its content > over and over again unless I arrow up and down very very slowly. > > I'd welcome any suggestions. I'd be reluctant to have to install Fusion but > if this is the only option, I may have to. But then I'd have to buy Ms Office > which is very expensive. > > In case it helps, I run Mountain Lion on Macbook Air, 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 > Duo, 4GB RAM, 256 GB solid drive. Does Numbers perform better on newer > machines? I understand I can't add more RAM to my macbook air. It's late 2010 > and I have the maximum RAM possible. > > Many thanks for any suggestions > > Andrew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
