Apple Numbers '08 - Manual (Page 176)

176 Chapter 8 Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects
4 To restore the original settings, click Reset Image.
To save any changes you made, save the spreadsheet. The settings at the time you save
the spreadsheet are visible anytime you open the Adjust Image window.
Using PDF Files as Graphics
If you intend to greatly enlarge or reduce a graphic’s dimensions, consider converting it
to a PDF file before bringing it into Numbers. PDF files don’t lose their crispness when
they are significantly resized. Other file types may not retain their clarity as well when
they are enlarged or reduced.
PDF files also provide a great way to move tabular data from Excel or AppleWorks
documents into Numbers. If you have extensively formatted tables in Excel or an
AppleWorks spreadsheet that you want to display in your spreadsheet, you can save
the spreadsheet as a PDF file and then place that PDF file on a page as you would any
other external graphics file.
To convert an Excel or AppleWorks file to a PDF file:
1 In your Excel or AppleWorks spreadsheet, select the table range you want to display in
your spreadsheet.
2 Choose File > Print.
3 In the Print dialog, choose Save as PDF from the PDF pop-up menu.
4 In the Save dialog, type a name for the PDF file and select a location, and then click
Save.
You can copy a range of cells in an Excel document and paste the cells and their
contents directly into your spreadsheet. Numbers creates a new table to hold the Excel
data.
You can also convert an image to a PDF file by using Grab. Open Grab (it’s in the
Applications/Utilities folder). Choose Capture > Selection to select what you want to
create an image of. Choose File > Print to save the image as a PDF.