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Macworld's Full Review of Numbers

2007-08-21T11:49:00.000-07:00

Click here to read the full review.

According to Macworld's Rob Griffiths, "Those with basic needs will be impressed with Numbers’ ability to make short work of their projects. People with more complex requirements, and those hoping to migrate from Excel or AppleWorks, will find the transition more difficult."

Apple lays AppleWorks to bed

2007-08-20T12:22:00.000-07:00

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/08/15/appleworks/index.php

According to Macworld.com, with the introduction of Numbers in the iWork suite, Apple has decided to end promoting AppleWorks. For those of you who remember using AppleWorks in its ClarisWorks incarnation, you now have a new application suite (i.e. iWork '08) to play with.

Click here to read the article.

Watch Steve Jobs Talk About Numbers

2007-08-13T13:46:00.000-07:00

Click here to see Steve Jobs talk about iWork and Numbers.

You can jump ahead to 1:06:02 (one hour, six minutes, two seconds) of the QuickTime steaming video to see Steve go into a brief overview of Numbers.

Full URL: http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/r27842e/event/index.html?test=q1wa2sz3x

Numbers tutorials on Apple's site

2007-08-10T17:42:00.000-07:00

Click here to view videos of tutorials on specific topics regarding Numbers.

Have you seen any other videos (YouTube, video podcasts, etc.) that can help the NumbersUser.com community? If so, please leave comments with URL links to these resources?

Full URL: http://www.apple.com/iwork/tutorials/#numbers

Free 30-Day Trial of Numbers (and rest of iWork)

2007-08-10T17:37:00.001-07:00

Click here to get your 30 day free trial of iWork (which, of course, includes Numbers). Try it out, and let us know what you think?

Any bugs you see? Do you like to initial set of templates they offer?

Here is the full URL: http://www.apple.com/iwork/trial/

Macworld.com Reviews Numbers

2007-08-10T17:31:00.000-07:00

Rob Griffiths, of Macworld.com, provides his first look at the newest component of the iWork suite: Numbers.

http://www.macworld.com/2007/08/firstlooks/flnumbers/index.php

According to Rob, "I think Apple’s new approach to spreadsheets is going to be quite successful, at least based on my initial hands-on time. The program is fast, the features are well thought out, and the new paradigm that Apple has applied to the staid old spreadsheet application solve many of the frustrations that we’ve come to accept with those traditional programs."

Given Mr. Griffith's almost 20 years of using spreadsheets, I respect his initial review. I've only begun getting used to spreadsheets after using them daily in business school, and Rob is spot on when he says that "In Excel, it takes lots of messing with row and column heights and widths, and text that spans cells, to make everything line up just the way you want it."

Have you played around with Numbers yet? If so, what are your thoughts?

NumbersUser.com - Mission Statement and Overview

2007-08-10T17:03:00.000-07:00

Hi Numbers community:

My name is Michael Cruz, and my goal is simple--to make NumbersUser.com your source for Numbers news, tips and tricks, templates, links, and all things Numbers.

Many of us in the Apple community have been waiting for a robust spreadsheet program for the Mac (anyone happy with your Mac version of Excel?). My goal is to make NumbersUser.com a resource to help you get the most out of this new iWork component.

BACKGROUND:
I've been a fan of Apple's productivity software for some time now. When I went to business school in 2002-2003, I used Keynote to dazzle my MBA classmates (you know, the PowerPoint wizards and Excel quant gurus). But, it was the help of a template from KeynoteUser.com (thanks, Brian) that helped me maximize my use of Keynote and made my classmates' jaws drop.

When Numbers was released, I figured Brian or someone else took on the challenge of creating a resource site for Numbers (PagesUser.com already existed for the Pages community). Naturally, I went to NumbersUser.com. To my surprise, the domain name was available, so I took it, and here we are today.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU:
I teach at San Jose State University's marketing department. At SJSU, we always preach to our students to listen to the customers, figure out the benefits they will receive by using your product/service, and do your best to deliver what they want.

So, what do you want from this site? Please let me know as this site is a "work in progress." I am happy to cater to your needs.

From my perspective, I'd like one aspect of this site to be a resource where people can upload or provide links to their Numbers templates that they've created. As we contribute to this library of templates, we can figure out which ones are the best and offer them for download to other NumbersUsers.com community members.

So, whether you are in the finance department of your company, a business school student, a wedding planner, a real estate agent or loan officer, a travel agent, or someone who loves showing and analyzing data, please contribute a template or two to this web site.

Let's make Numbers the de facto standard for spreadsheet work on the Mac.

Happy spreadsheets,
Michael