Every Friday we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple User, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
Today Wikipedia answers all your questions about Numbers: Apple’s amazing spreadsheet application.
Q: Is numbers better than Excel?
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Q: I want to make a pivot-table type thing in Numbers. How do I do that?
A: A pivot table is a data summarization tool found in data visualization programs such as spreadsheets (e.g. Microsoft Excel). Among other functions, they can automatically sort, count, and total the data stored in one table or spreadsheet and create a second table displaying the summarized data.
Q: I would like to format every other column as a currency column. Is there an easy way to do that?
A: For advice on number formatting when editing Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
Q: For some reason, the 3D graphs in Numbers occasionally look very pixellated and jagged. How do I avoid that?
A: This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Q: Are there any useful AppleScripts written to make Numbers more interactive with other programs?
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Q: This isn’t the most helpful iFAQ ever, you know that?
A: All or part of this article may be confusing or unclear.
Q: Are these iFAQs useful to anyone ever?
A:This article may contain original research or unverified claims.
Q: Did you say “Unverified clams?”
A: Claims.
Q: At least I got one real answer out of you.
A: This may contain poor or irrelevant examples.
Q: You can say that again.
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Ace Deuce on June 27th, 2008 at 11:24 pm says:
How’d I end up on Wikipedia again? All roads lead to Wikipedia, I guess.
Since the subject of Numbers was raised, let me say that I prefer it to Excel. if only because it fits easily on a floppy disk.
Sue on June 28th, 2008 at 5:10 am says:
I so don’t like wikis.
Oh, second! Whew! Was getting tired of that f-word.
Ace Deuce on July 1st, 2008 at 10:56 pm says:
No need to get excited…this comment has no useful content.