Macworld: Excel for Mac 2008 vs. Numbers ‘08

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Rob Griffiths, writing in Macworld, has a side be side comparison of Excel 2008 and Numbers '08. He created the same project - a sales-tracking spreadsheet - in each program, in order to test their individual strengths and weaknesses. In the end, he found Excel to be superior to Numbers ...

Tip: How To Use The Index Function To Transpose Data In Numbers

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

I just found this great Numbers tip on Fury&Frost.com: You can use the INDEX() Function to transpose data to another table. Read the post for a full explanation, but use the following function to get the results shown in the screen shot above: =INDEX(Prefs::$A$1:$E$15,COLUMN(),ROW()) Good one!

Tip: Consolidate Windows In Spaces

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Good Tip: Shift-dragging a window in Spaces will consolidate all of that app's windows in the target space. Via Daring Fireball via Nat Irons

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 ...

Mac OS X 10.5 - Leopard

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), will be released on October 26. Amazon is making Leopard available for pre-order with free shipping. You can also get $20 off the retail price of the single-user license, and $10 off the retail cost of the family pack (which allows you to upgrade up to five ...

Template: Scuba Dive Log for Apple iWork Numbers

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Forum member, Bjoern, has shared another of his Numbers Templates. This is a scuba diving log. I am not a diver myself, but those of you who are, may find this interesting. Bjoern used this while on a trip to Egypt to dive in the Red Sea. It ...

Template: Project Template With Gantt Chart for Apple iWork Numbers

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

Forum member Bjoern has been kind enough to share his Project Template with Gantt chart. The template includes: a project description area, a fuel-gauge style chart, and columns for WBS (Work Breakdown Statements), Tasks, Task Leads, Start Time, End Time, Duration (in days), and a neat in-cell chart. You can view the ...