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What's new in Numbers 14.0

Apr 6, 2024
  • Streamlined in-app notifications inform you when a person joins a collaborative spreadsheet for the first time
  • Preserve file format and full quality when adding HEIC photos taken on iPhone or iPad
  • Press and hold the Command key to select noncontiguous words, sentences, or paragraphs
  • Additional stability and performance improvements

New in Numbers 13.2 (Sep 22, 2023)

  • Bring new dimension to your spreadsheets with 3D objects in USDZ format
  • Remove external borders on charts imported from Microsoft Office files

New in Numbers 13.1 (Jun 14, 2023)

  • Show subtotal summary labels in stacked bar, column, and area charts
  • Add scalable vector graphics (SVGs) to your spreadsheets and preserve visual quality at any size
  • Break apart imported SVG images and save them to your shapes library for future use

New in Numbers 13.0 (Mar 30, 2023)

  • Export and send a copy of your spreadsheet in a different format right from the Share menu
  • Improved performance for large spreadsheets on Mac computers with Apple silicon
  • Includes improvements and bug fixes for collaboration activity

New in Numbers 12.2.1 (Nov 30, 2022)

  • This update contains bug fixes and improvements.

New in Numbers 12.2 (Oct 26, 2022)

  • An all-new activity view shows recent changes in collaborative spreadsheets, including when people join, comment, and make edits
  • Get notifications when others join or make changes in your shared spreadsheets
  • Share a spreadsheet in Messages to instantly start collaborating with your team and see updates right in the Messages conversation (Requires macOS 13)
  • Send a message or start a FaceTime call right from a collaborative spreadsheet (Requires macOS 13)
  • Now use the File menu to manage your shared spreadsheet or send a copy
  • Compare values and combine text with new functions, including BITAND, BITOR, BITXOR, BITLSHIFT, BITRSHIFT, ISOWEEKNUM, CONCAT, TEXTJOIN, and SWITCH.
  • A new option lets you automatically remove an image’s background to isolate its subject (Requires macOS 13)

New in Numbers 12.1 (Jun 21, 2022)

  • Improved performance when inserting rows and columns in large tables

New in Numbers 12.0 (Apr 8, 2022)

  • Copy a snapshot of table cells without formulas, categories, or hidden values
  • Use Shortcuts on macOS Monterey to create or open spreadsheets and add rows to a table
  • Create formulas and quickly fill cells with autofill using VoiceOver

New in Numbers 11.2 (Sep 29, 2021)

  • Pivot tables provide a powerful and flexible way to view and analyze data
  • Create beautifully formatted pivot tables in just a few clicks
  • Quickly summarize, group, and rearrange data to explore patterns and trends
  • Instantly show data by sum, average, count, or display percentage and running total values
  • Add pivot charts to see your data in different ways
  • Import and export Excel spreadsheets with pivot tables
  • Radar charts help you visually compare multiple variables at once to easily show similarities and differences in your data
  • Enhanced quick filters help you easily select values to show or hide, and improved filters find duplicate entries and unique values in your data
  • Flexible collaboration allows participants to add others to a shared spreadsheet*
  • Instant translation lets you translate selected text in up to 11 languages and add the translation to your spreadsheet with a click*
  • Create new spreadsheets from the app icon in the Dock
  • *Requires macOS Monterey

New in Numbers 11.1 (Jun 1, 2021)

  • Link to web pages, email addresses, and phone numbers from objects such as shapes, lines, images, drawings, or text boxes

New in Numbers 11.0 (Mar 24, 2021)

  • Updated media browser offers enhanced search options and new content categories such as Recents, Portraits and Live Photos
  • Ability to add phone number links to table cells, text objects, and shapes
  • AppleScript functionality to change a spreadsheet password or open password-protected spreadsheets

New in Numbers 10.3.9 (Jan 15, 2021)

  • This update contains stability and performance improvements.

New in Numbers 10.3.5 (Nov 13, 2020)

  • Refined new design on macOS Big Sur
  • Stability and performance improvements

New in Numbers 10.2 (Sep 23, 2020)

  • Improved performance when working with large tables.
  • Enhance your spreadsheets with a variety of new, editable shapes.

New in Numbers 10.1 (Jul 10, 2020)

  • Play YouTube and Vimeo videos right in your spreadsheets.*
  • Easily add captions and titles to images, videos, shapes, and other objects.
  • New functions, including XLOOKUP, XMATCH, and REGEX, let you match patterns, manipulate text, and create flexible formulas.
  • *May not be available in all regions.

New in Numbers 10.0 (Apr 1, 2020)

  • Create spreadsheets with more rows and columns than ever before.
  • Apply a color to the background of a sheet.
  • Add a Numbers spreadsheet to a shared iCloud Drive folder to automatically start collaborating. Requires macOS 10.15.4.
  • Edit shared spreadsheets while offline and your changes will upload when you’re back online.
  • Easily access your recently used templates in a redesigned template chooser.
  • Print or export a PDF of your spreadsheet with comments included.
  • Add a drop cap to text in a shape.
  • Enhance your spreadsheets with a variety of new, editable shapes.

New in Numbers 6.2.1 (Nov 15, 2019)

  • This update contains stability and performance improvements.

New in Numbers 6.2 (Oct 1, 2019)

  • Improved performance when working with large tables.
  • Easily add HEVC-formatted movies to spreadsheets, enabling reduced file size while preserving visual quality.
  • Add accessibility descriptions to audio, video, and drawings.
  • Improved accessibility of exported PDFs.

New in Numbers 6.1 (Jun 26, 2019)

  • Greatly improved accuracy using the enhanced 128-bit calculation engine.
  • Style your text by filling it with gradients or images, or by applying new outline styles.
  • Create links from text to other sheets in a spreadsheet.
  • Place images, shapes, and equations inline in text boxes so they move with text.
  • Using face detection, subjects in photos are intelligently positioned in placeholders and objects.
  • Improved performance while editing and sorting tables.
  • Add rows to filtered tables.

New in Numbers 6.0 (Mar 29, 2019)

  • Performance and usability improvements to Smart Categories.
  • Save custom shapes and templates that automatically sync to all your devices using iCloud.
  • Improved performance while collaborating on spreadsheets.
  • Edit grouped objects while collaborating.
  • Enhancements to Excel and comma separated value file import.
  • Support for vertical text in shapes and text boxes in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages.

New in Numbers 5.3 (Nov 8, 2018)

  • This update contains stability and performance improvements.

New in Numbers 5.2 (Sep 18, 2018)

  • Use Smart Categories to quickly organize and summarize tables to gain new insights.
  • Group your data based on unique values and date ranges, including day of week, day, week, month, quarter, and year.
  • Instantly show count, subtotal, average, maximum, and minimum values for columns in each group.
  • Create charts of your summarized data.
  • Easily reorder categories to see your data in a different way.
  • Support for Dark Mode gives Numbers a dramatic dark look. Toolbars and menus recede into the background so you can focus on your content. Requires macOS Mojave.
  • Support for Continuity Camera allows you to take a photo or scan a document with your iPhone and have it automatically appear in your spreadsheet on your Mac. Requires macOS Mojave and iOS 12.
  • Easily record, edit, and play audio right in a spreadsheet.
  • Enhance your spreadsheets with a variety of new editable shapes.
  • Performance and stability improvements.

New in Numbers 5.1 (Jun 15, 2018)

  • Give charts a new look with rounded corners on columns and bars.
  • Add mathematical equations using LaTeX or MathML notation.
  • Enhance your documents with a variety of new editable shapes.
  • Improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel.

New in Numbers 5.0.1 (May 4, 2018)

  • This update contains stability and performance improvements.

New in Numbers 5.0 (Mar 28, 2018)

  • Collaborate in real time on spreadsheets stored in Box. Requires macOS High Sierra.
  • Use donut charts to visualize data in an engaging new way.
  • Add an interactive image gallery to view a collection of photos.
  • Enhance spreadsheets with a variety of new editable shapes.
  • Improved, customizable import of CSV and text data, with support for custom delimiters and fixed-width files.
  • Additional options for reducing the file size of spreadsheets.
  • Full bidirectional support for Arabic and Hebrew.

New in Numbers 4.3.1 (Nov 10, 2017)

  • This update contains stability and performance improvements.

New in Numbers 4.3 (Sep 20, 2017)

  • Performance and stability improvements.

New in Numbers 4.2 (Jun 14, 2017)

  • Enhance your spreadsheets using a library of over 500 professionally drawn shapes
  • Reply to comments and join threaded conversations
  • Support for print preview in collaborative spreadsheets
  • New auto-correction and text replacement options save time while typing
  • The Insert Stock Quote feature and the Stock and Currency functions now return data from the previous market day’s close.

New in Numbers 4.1.1 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • This update contains stability and performance improvements.

New in Numbers 4.1 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • Easily add current or historical stock information to spreadsheets
  • Use the new My Stocks template to easily track your portfolio
  • Quickly open password-protected spreadsheets using Touch ID on the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
  • New leader lines make pie charts easier to read
  • Easily replace fonts throughout an entire spreadsheet
  • While collaborating on a spreadsheet, you can now cut, copy, paste, and duplicate sheets
  • Customize dates, times, and currencies for your language or region

New in Numbers 4.0.5 (Oct 27, 2016)

  • Support for Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro lets you easily edit text, shapes, tables and charts
  • Stability and performance improvements

New in Numbers 4.0 (Sep 20, 2016)

  • Use tabs to work with multiple spreadsheets in one window
  • Wide color gamut image support
  • Real-time collaboration (feature in beta):
  • Edit a spreadsheet with others at the same time in Numbers on Mac, iPad, iPhone, and iCloud.com
  • Share your spreadsheet publicly or with specific people
  • See who else is in a spreadsheet
  • See participants’ cursors as they’re editing

New in Numbers 3.6.2 (May 10, 2016)

  • This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes.

New in Numbers 3.6.1 (Nov 11, 2015)

  • Resolves an issue where some Microsoft Excel spreadsheets would not open
  • Additional bug fixes
  • Stability and performance improvements

New in Numbers 3.6 (Oct 15, 2015)

  • Multitask while editing using new Split View in El Capitan
  • Open Numbers ’08 spreadsheets
  • Shared Numbers spreadsheets can now be previewed on iOS and Android browsers
  • Force click images and get haptic feedback as you edit using Force Touch trackpad
  • Easily access recently used fonts in the Fonts menu
  • Enhanced support for OpenType font features like small caps, contextual fractions, alternative glyphs and more
  • View Collections, Moments, Favorites and Shared Albums from Photos in the Media Browser
  • Add reference lines to charts
  • Create table, chart and shape styles from an image
  • Edit chart data and chart elements with VoiceOver
  • Add and review comments with VoiceOver
  • Additional AppleScript options for PDF export
  • Additional AppleScript options for Excel export
  • Improved Excel compatibility for charts, text overflows and non-rectangular masks
  • Improved Excel export

New in Numbers 3.5.3 (Apr 22, 2015)

  • This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes.

New in Numbers 3.5.2 (Jan 9, 2015)

  • This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes.

New in Numbers 3.5 (Oct 17, 2014)

  • All-new design inspired by OS X Yosemite
  • Instantly switch between iPad, Mac and iPhone with Handoff
  • Support for iCloud Drive
  • Updated file format makes it easier to send spreadsheets via services like Gmail and Dropbox
  • Instantly rearrange data in tables with new transpose feature
  • Inter-table alignment guides
  • Improved cell border styling
  • Print floating comments
  • Usability improvements for resizing and positioning charts
  • Improved bi-directional language support

New in Numbers 3.2.2 (Aug 22, 2014)

  • This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes.

New in Numbers 3.2 (Apr 2, 2014)

  • New "view only" setting lets you share spreadsheets you want others to view but not edit
  • Set margins in print setup
  • Create headers and footers in print setup
  • New printing options: page numbering, page ordering and zoom
  • Create custom data formats
  • Create custom table styles
  • Drag and drop a CSV file directly into a sheet
  • Automatically update an existing table by dragging in a CSV file
  • Control the z-order of bubble chart labels
  • Cell-based import feedback
  • Improved text box behaviour
  • Media Browser improvements, including search
  • Improved Instant Alpha image editing
  • Improved Microsoft Excel compatibility
  • Improved AppleScript support
  • Usability improvements

New in Numbers 3.1 (Jan 24, 2014)

  • Sort by multiple columns
  • Sort a subset of rows
  • Text autocompletes when editing cells
  • Chart date and duration values
  • Optionally highlight rows and columns on mouseover
  • Progress indicator for calculations
  • Custom number formats in charts are preserved on import of Numbers ’09 and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
  • Share password-protected spreadsheets via iCloud link
  • Export password-protected spreadsheets to XLSX format
  • Improvements to AppleScript support
  • Improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel 2013 spreadsheets
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

New in Numbers 3.0.1 (Nov 22, 2013)

  • Customize the toolbar with your most important tools
  • Window size and placement preserved on Save
  • Set default zoom in Preferences
  • Stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Numbers 3.0 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Stunning new user interface
  • Brand-new Apple-designed templates
  • Simplified toolbar gives you quick access to shapes, media, tables, charts, and sharing options
  • New Format Panel automatically updates based on selection
  • Quickly click through a spreadsheet using new tab navigation
  • Get function suggestions as soon as you start typing a formula
  • Get live formula results, error checking, exact value, and cell format with the new smart cell view
  • Add your favorite functions to Quick Calculations for instant results
  • Search the integrated function browser for built-in help and sample formulas
  • Use gorgeous preset styles to make your text, tables, shapes, and images look beautiful
  • Animate data with new interactive column, bar, scatter, and bubble charts
  • Use new 2D bubble charts
  • Enhanced conditional highlighting makes it easy to automatically highlight cells based on numbers, text, dates, and durations
  • Easily filter through large tables with the new Filter Panel
  • New star ratings cell format
  • Quickly and easily share a link to your work via Mail, Messages, Twitter, or Facebook
  • Anyone with the link will always have access to the latest version of the spreadsheet and can edit it with you at iCloud.com with Numbers for iCloud beta
  • All-new calculation engine for fast performance
  • New unified file format across Mac, iOS, and web makes spreadsheets work seamlessly everywhere
  • Turn on Coaching Tips for guided in-app help

New in Numbers 2.3 (Dec 5, 2012)

  • Adds support for Numbers for iOS 1.7.

New in Numbers 2.2 (Jul 25, 2012)

  • This update adds support for OS X Mountain Lion and takes advantage of the following features:
  • iCloud: Store spreadsheets in iCloud and keep them automatically up to date across your Mac, iPad*, iPhone*, iPod touch*, and the web. Changes made to a spreadsheet on one device automatically appear on all your other devices.
  • Dictation: Speak words, numbers, or sentences and watch them appear in your spreadsheet.
  • Numbers 2.2 is also enhanced to take advantage of the Retina display on the new MacBook Pro so spreadsheets appear sharper and more vibrant.
  • * Requires Numbers 1.6.1 or later installed on iOS device.

New in Numbers 2.1 (Jul 21, 2011)

  • Adds support for Mac OS X Lion and takes advantage of the following features:
  • Full Screen
  • Resume
  • Auto Save
  • Versions

New in Numbers 2.0.5 (Jan 13, 2011)

  • Adds public sharing and private upload options for iWork.com public beta.

New in Numbers 2.0.4 (Aug 27, 2010)

  • Fixes an issue with tables.

New in Numbers 1.0.3 (Feb 2, 2009)

  • This update addresses general compatibility issues.

New in Numbers 1.0.1 (Sep 28, 2007)

  • This update primarily addresses issues with tables and performance.