Archive for November, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

I had a great surprise when I checked the Numbers Templates Forums this afternoon after stuffing myself with entirely too much food.  Forum member 5|=vv had posted a neat Numbers spreadsheet that had graphical breakdown of the days in November on which Thanksgiving fallen since 1939. [Note: This blog has a fair number of international ...

Template: One Month Calendar

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

This is the first version of a simple, one month calendar template for Numbers. Currently, all data must be manually entered. I will add functionality to auto fill dates and days when time allows. Usage: The month banner at the top is a text box, just type in the month you want. The ...

Leopard Impressions

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Now that I've had a little time to play around with Leopard, I wanted write a quick post for those considering upgrading. (Speaking of upgrades, I chose the default, and it worked smoothly on my MacBook Pro.) First, and most relevant to this site, Numbers runs very well under Leopard, ...

Tip: Formula to Format Telephone Numbers

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

I just found this great formatting tip over on the Apple Numbers discussion boards. A poster had the following problem: He had a series of phone numbers formatted as 10 digits (i.e. 5035551212). He wanted to re-format the numbers to read as (503) 555-1212. 5|=vv (who is also a frequent ...

Numbers For The Rest Of Us Book

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

Forum member, JaxJason, is working on a short format book/tutorial on Numbers. To quote from Jason’s first post on the project: Ok, here is my first attempt at a little book to help people pick up Numbers. It is written in a conversational tone. It is purposefully not written ...