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Problem Renaming in Numbers' & Pages' Document Managers on iPad

 

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I thought that I had sent this, but I don't see it in groups.io. ?Hopefully this is not a repeat!
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Every once in a while, I've encountered a problem renaming files in both Numbers' and Pages' Document Managers on my iPad. ?This morning I finally figured out the complex situation in which the problem occurs, and thought I'd let the group know in case anyone else has encountered the same difficulty.

In Numbers' Document Manager, with:

  • iPad viewed in landscape
  • AND Files are shown in a list
  • AND viewing Recents folder
  • AND the file list is pulled down, so that "new Spreadsheet" and "Choose a Template" are displayed above the file list
  • AND The top file in the list is renamed

Then the file's name is hidden from view during the rename, making it very hard to type a new name.


Ditto for Pages, with the exception that "Start Writing" is shown instead of "New Spreadsheet".

I've reported this to Apple.

There are many workarounds; just do ONE of the following:
  • Turn the iPad to Portrait mode
  • OR display files as icons?
  • OR view the file in it's actual folder, rather than Recents
  • OR ?don't pull down the file list, so that "new Spreadsheet" and "Choose a Template" are NOT shown above the file list
  • OR reorder the files by using a different sorting method so that the file to be renamed is no longer at the top of the list (e.g., by latest date to by oldest date, or by date to by Name, etc).
  • OR rename the file in the Files app.

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Bev in TX

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