Numbers from iWork '09

Apple has made Mac products keeping in mind that most Mac users have moved from a Windows PC experience. That is a very good thing about Mac and it's products. Numbers from iWork 09 is extremely streamlined and brilliant in appearance. I have been using Microsoft Office Excel for the past 5 years, and switching over to iWork Numbers was initially more of a comparison. I used to look for all the features of Excel in Numbers and found a few glitches. Foremost, it was a little inconvenient to select a box with the mouse. Sometimes you have to concentrate hard if you need to move a box. Excel was easier to use and selecting boxes with the mouse and moving it around was easier. Other than this, I found Numbers very streamlined and productive tool.

The 'templates' feature is good, and easier for the 'not-so-technical' user to create specific spreadsheets with ease. I bought iWork for $79 while I could have got a $10 discount with the 'Apple student store'. Numbers is nice, I use it for my homework at School and for planning road trips and organizing events. I love the 'export-to-PDF' feature on iWork which helps me create an instant PDF out of the entire document or even part of it.

Numbers '09 also can export the document in the format you want, including Office Excel. I would sure recommend Numbers to my friends!

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All images from apple.com.