Apple Spreadsheet App For Mac

March 21, 2017 Meeting Topic Overview: Numbers by Jamie Cox The current version of Numbers as of March 2017 is 4.0.5. There are three ways to run Numbers: • On the Macintosh • On iOS (iPhone or iPad) • From a Web Browser on iCloud How to Get Numbers Numbers probably came with your Mac or iOS device, or get ($19.99), or get Numbers ($9.99). Competition / Alternatives to Numbers • – For giant documents and giant companies (Now with iOS version) • – Free and Open Source Office suite • – Commercialized version of Open Office customized for the Mac • – Cloud-based, free Controversy Since iWork ’09 When the new version of Numbers for the Mac came out some features were dropped.

Most of them have not been added back in. Reviews of the apps have been definitely mixed. Numbers only gets a 3-star rating on the App store (both versions). Ratings for Numbers on the Mac App Store Two-and-a-half to three stars is a pretty terrible rating, especially for an Apple app. As you can see, the ratings are very mixed with most reviewers giving either one star or five-star ratings. The ratings for the iOS version are very similar.

Guide to Star Ratings The one-star reviews are mostly from people upset about advanced features removed from the previous version. The five-star reviews tend to be from people who have come to the application fresh, with no special expectations. Numbers includes hundreds of distinct features. The chart below highlights just a few of my favorite features as compared with Microsoft Excel. Comparison of Features Between Numbers and Microsoft Excel Documents, Sheets and Tables Numbers documents can have multiple sheets. Each sheet can have multiple tables.

On your Mac save the Numbers spreadsheet to iCloud then open it on your iOS device from the same location. When the spreadsheet is open on the iOS device assess it for legibility, text, and cell size.

When you create a new Numbers document, it has one sheet with one table on that sheet. If you have used Excel, having multiple sheets should be familiar. The main difference is that the sheets appear at the top of the window instead of at the bottom. The concept of having multiple tables on a single sheet may be new to users of older spreadsheet programs. It is a very nice feature, which allows you to separate groups of data or formulas which are of different types instead of lumping them all into the same grid of rows and columns. You can arrange the tables on the page however you like. This document has two sheets.

Sheet 1 has two tables. Formatting Controls Table Style Controls Numbers uses a consistent set of formatting controls very similar to those in the Pages word processor we discussed last month. These are presented in a pane on the right hand side of the window. These controls look simple, but all together, they have a lot of power. In addition to the pre-defined Table and Text styles, you can create and save your own preferred styles.

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Formula Editing Type an equals sign to enter formula editing mode for a cell. Color coding appears showing the source cells used in your formula. This makes it easier to understand if your formula is correct or to see the source of errors.