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post #1 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:19am
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I'm kind of worried now. I have iWork and MS Office for Mac. How reliable is Excel for Mac and even Numbers found in iWork? Should I get a copy of Windows XP and install Boot Camp along with the Windows version of Office? Sorry for so many questions -- hope someone here can help.
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post #2 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:22am
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Originally Posted by LuxeStyles View Post
I'm kind of worried now. I have iWork and MS Office for Mac. How reliable is Excel for Mac and even Numbers found in iWork? Should I get a copy of Windows XP and install Boot Camp along with the Windows version of Office? Sorry for so many questions -- hope someone here can help.

Did a group project in college once on excel and one member had a mac. By the end of the semester she had given up because it was just too frustrating to use.

Maybe others have had better experience, we were doing fairly complex financial modeling. For everyday use I'm sure its okay.
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post #3 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:25am
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post #4 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:26am
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Office for Mac 2008 is supposedly a lot better than previous editions. I remember it nearly took 10 minutes for me to open an Excel doc in Excel ( the mac version). Could someone upload a random Excel doc so I can do a random test?
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post #5 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:26am
Sorry but that is funny. Excel on Mac is a joke, if you are a serious user. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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post #6 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:27am
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I guess I'm missing out on something here. Perhaps me wondering if Office for Mac is even remotely useful is a stupid question.
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post #7 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:28am
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Sorry but that is funny. Excel on Mac is a joke, if you are a serious user. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Have you ever tried Numbers? Seems like I'll need to get Boot Camp, Windows XP, and Office 2007.
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post #8 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:29am
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Have you ever tried Numbers? Seems like I'll need to get Boot Camp, Windows XP, and Office 2007.

I don't know what Numbers is, but if it isn't Excel, it isn't worth your time. I mean it is going to be a non-transferable skill. Learn Excel now, stick with it, and you will be able to transfer that knowledge to any company you work for. Learn Numbers and you will have to re-learn Excel later anyway.
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post #9 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:31am
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I don't know what Numbers is, but if it isn't Excel, it isn't worth your time. I mean it is going to be a non-transferable skill. Learn Excel now, stick with it, and you will be able to transfer that knowledge to any company you work for. Learn Numbers and you will have to re-learn Excel later anyway.

Thanks. I'll install Windows just to strictly use Excel.

Here's some info on Numbers... it's basically Apple's version of Excel.

http://www.apple.com/iwork/numbers/
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post #10 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:32am
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Thanks. I'll install Windows just to strictly use Excel.

Here's some info on Numbers... it's basically Apple's version of Excel.

http://www.apple.com/iwork/numbers/

What do you need Excel for? How old are you? What is your current or future career? We need to know this.

If you are an artist who is putting together some simple pie charts and never plan on working in corporate America, there really is no purpose to you learning Excel. So it really is situation dependent.
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post #11 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:34am
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What do you need Excel for? How old are you? What is your current or future career? We need to know this. If you are an artist who is putting together some simple pie charts and never plan on working in corporate America, there really is no purpose to you learning Excel. So it really is situation dependent.
19 years old, and will need Excel for school coming up this fall. doing more business-oriented classes, which will require heavy spreadsheet work (at least thats what a few ppl have told me) I'll be taking Finance and Accounting classes very soon. Trying to do banking or something related to business. Numbers seems to be more for people concerned about aesthetics, not so much about productivity. Excel it is.
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post #12 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:34am
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What do you need Excel for? How old are you? What is your current or future career? We need to know this.

If you are an artist who is putting together some simple pie charts and never plan on working in corporate America, there really is no purpose to you learning Excel. So it really is situation dependent.

Highly advise against pie charts, btw.
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post #13 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:37am
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I'm kind of worried now. I have iWork and MS Office for Mac. How reliable is Excel for Mac and even Numbers found in iWork? Should I get a copy of Windows XP and install Boot Camp along with the Windows version of Office? Sorry for so many questions -- hope someone here can help.

It's cool to hate Macs here. Might want to venture onto a Mac forum. There are lots of them out there.
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post #14 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:40am
I don't have any issues with Excel for Mac. Knowing a bit about Metrostyles' career, it's fair to say his demands are heavier than mine, but i have no problem using it to look over the numbers from my company...all the regional templates work, all the data transfers, all the formulas work. I don't have any problems.
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post #15 of 46
8/14/09 at 12:41am
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It's cool to hate Macs here. Might want to venture onto a Mac forum. There are lots of them out there.
I'm not looking for a Mac vs. PC argument.
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I don't have any issues with Excel for Mac. Knowing a bit about Metrostyles' career, it's fair to say his demands are heavier than mine, but i have no problem using it to look over the numbers from my company...all the regional templates work, all the data transfers, all the formulas work. I don't have any problems.
Are you using the 2008 version? Microsoft is releasing a "Business" edition of the Office for Mac next month. Not sure if that will change anything. What is his career? He might be doing what I am currently interested in.
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