Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 206)

2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Table inspector button, and then click Format.
3 Choose Fractions from the Cell Formats pop-up menu.
4 Choose a display format from the Accuracy pop-up menu.
Using the Numeral System Format in Table Cells
Use the numeral system format to represent numbers using the conventions of
numeral systems from base 2 to base 36. When you use the Base 2, 8, or 16 format,
you can display negative values by preceding them with a minus sign or in two’s
complement notation; negative values in all other bases are displayed using the
minus sign.
In this numeral system 100 displays like this –100 displays like this
if Minus Sign is used –100 displays like this
if Two’s-Complement
is used
Base 2 1100100 –1100100 10011100
Base 8 144 –144 634
Base 10 100 –100 –100
Base 16 64 –64 9C
To define a numeral system format for selected cells:
1 Select the cell or cells.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Table inspector button, and then click Format.
3 Choose Numeral System from the Cell Format pop-up menu.
4 Use the Base field to specify the base value of the numerical system you want to use.
5 Use the Places field to specify the total number of digits to display.
6 If you selected Base 2, 8, or 16, select an option for displaying negative values.
Minus Sign: Displays negative values with a leading minus sign.
Two’s-Complement: Displays negative values using two’s-complement notation.
Negative values in all the other numerical systems are always displayed using a
leading minus sign.
Using the Scientific Format in Table Cells
Use the scientific format to display numbers using an exponent raised by the power of
10. The exponent is displayed following an
E . For example, the value 5.00 in scientific
format displays as 5.00E+00. And the value 12345 displays as 1.23E+04.
To define a scientific format for one or more cells:
1 Select the cell or cells.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Table inspector button, and then click Format.
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