Associating conditions with a custom number format – Apple Pages '09 User Manual

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For this scale option

When you enter 12000
in a table cell

The actual value is

The displayed value is

Billions (B)

And later apply the
option

12000

0B

After applying the
option

12000

0B

Trillions

And later apply the
option

12000

0

After applying the
option

12000

0

Trillions (T)

And later apply the
option

12000

0T

After applying the
option

12000

0T

Scientific

And later apply the
option

12000

1E+0.4

After applying the
option

12000

1E+0.4

Associating Conditions with a Custom Number Format

You associate conditions with a custom number format to vary a table cell’s display
characteristics based on what’s entered into the cell.

Here’s a number format that has four conditions. The top condition is applied if the
number entered doesn’t satisfy any of the other conditions.

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Chapter 9

Working with Table Cells

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