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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1633061">I can see where someone who is used to Excel would be flummoxed by Numbers, since while it does much of the same thing, it does it in a TOTALLY different way.I, personally, have always **hated** spreadsheets, so let me be clear about this. I've used Excel, but you might as well stick me in a tiny cubicle with a pointy-haired boss as make me use it routinely. I come from a graphic arts and design background.And this is why Numbers (on the very rare occasions that I need to use it) works very well for me. It's a desktop publishing app for spreadsheets, aimed at those who need to use tables and spreadsheets to make a presentation or annual report or something like that. You CAN open up the Excel-like template of a single, page sized spreadsheet and work on it in much the same way one would with Excel, but it's really designed as a blank slate in which you put smaller spreadsheets or tables around that are unlinked or linked as you like, and make look beautiful.And yes, for the actual science of doing spreadsheets, Excel is better. It had a 30-year head start on Numbers, so this is somewhat unsurprising. When it comes to advanced spreadsheeting, Excel is king.Numbers is what you use when you have to prepare a visual for the boss.</blockquote>

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