Apple iWork 08 Ably Fills Spreadsheet Hole with Numbers

Users can create charts to organize information contained within a table.

To create a chart using information contained within a spreadsheet’s tables, users select the table they wish to chart and then simply select which type of chart they’d like to use to organize the information.

In iWork ’08, Numbers can export files to PDF or Excel formats. Here, a Numbers spreadsheet is exported to PDF.

One of the drawbacks of importing spreadsheets in Numbers is the program’s inability to support all Microsoft-supported fonts.

Users accustomed to Excel will find the look and feel of Numbers a near match.

Tables that appear on one spreadsheet in Numbers are dispersed over three spreadsheets in Excel.

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