Replace template placeholders in Numbers on iPad

Most Numbers templates include tables, text, and images that you can use as a starting point for your own spreadsheets. You can use or customize the templates’ design features—fonts, colors, cell data formats, size and location of images and tables, and so on—and replace the data with your own.

Replace placeholder cell content

Go to the Numbers app on your iPad.
Open a spreadsheet, tap the cell to select it, tap , then enter your own content.
When you’re done, tap return, or tap outside the text.

Replace placeholder text

Go to the Numbers app on your iPad.
Open a spreadsheet, double-tap the text to select it, then type your own.
When you’re done, tap return, tap , or tap outside the text.

Replace a placeholder image

Go to the Numbers app on your iPad.
Open a spreadsheet with an image placeholder.
Tap in the lower-right corner of a placeholder image, then browse for an image.
If you already replaced the placeholder image, but you want to change it, tap the image to select it, tap , tap Image, then tap Replace and browse for a replacement image.
Tap the image you want.
If you don’t see the image you want, upload it to your device and try again.

To change the part of the image that’s visible, resize the mask for the image.

To remove a placeholder entirely, select it, then tap Delete.

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Numbers User Guide for iPad

Replace template placeholders in Numbers on iPad

Replace placeholder cell content

Replace placeholder text

Replace a placeholder image