0

In Apple Pages for Mac, if I create a table, then enable its title, and then make a copy of this table, the second table will be titled Table 1-1 (and not Table 2). Is it a bug or what?

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1

No, it is not a bug. It is expected behavior and works the same way with tables in Numbers and Keynote.

If you keep creating fresh new tables, they will be named consecutively as "Table 2", "Table 3", etc. However, when you copy and paste an existing table, Pages tries to duplicate it as fully as it can. But because tables are identified by their names, those in the same document need to have different names, compelling Pages to add "-1" while naming the duplicate.

Improve this answer
2
  • Well, thanks for explanation, I think it will be fair to choose your answer as correct. Though the current way how it works doesn't make sense to me as a user. (And actually, numbering such as 1-1, 1-2, 2-1 and so on is used in some documents, including old OS X HIGs, to make it easy to say which table belongs to which numbered section.)
    – user480875
    Commented Feb 2, 2023 at 10:30
  • @jsx97 Numbers (Apple) applies the same behaviour to adding sheets compared to duplicating them. So, it makes perfect sense to be consistent. Adding a sheet will get the name "Sheet 2" or "Sheet 3" etc Duplicating Sheet 2 will give "Sheet 2-1" etc
    – Solar Mike
    Commented Feb 2, 2023 at 10:45

You must log in to answer this question.