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I use Numbers for my day-to-day spreadsheet stuff, part of Apple's iWork suite with Pages and Keynote. The UI/UX is so much better than Excel's and you can exp
by alwillis 2y ago
I use Numbers for my day-to-day spreadsheet stuff, part of Apple's iWork suite with Pages and Keynote.
The UI/UX is so much better than Excel's and you can export to .xlsx format.
Don't get me wrong--there are some projects that require the functionality that Excel has. Using it gives me 90's software PTSD but sometimes you have no choice.
- jimnotgym 2y agoAnd what do you do for a living may I ask? Accountant, Actuary, trader? I only ask if you are using some of the advanced features, which is where the others start to fall away. Numbers is a fine way to keep a shopping list, or a household budget, I'm sure
- alwillis 2y ago> Numbers is a fine way to keep a shopping list, or a household budget, I'm sure Don't be fooled by the marketing—Numbers has 90% of Excel's core functions; it even had RegEx before Excel did. IMHO, Numbers UI/UX is dramatically better than Excel's. Of course, it doesn't have Excel's advanced features or access to plugins or to Python scripts. The users who need that know they need Excel… but you can go surprisingly far with Numbers. Like I originally said, there are some tasks where you absolutely need Excel.
- jimnotgym 2y agoDoes Numbers run well on a PC?
- jpalawaga 2y agoI'm the opposite. I cannot stand Apple's productivity software, and I get irrationally mad when something tries to open those.