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  • 12-08-2007 5:03pm
    #1
    whyulittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭


    New to Macs, can anyone recommend a good Excel replacement? iWork08 best way to go?


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  • #2
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    neo office.


  • #3
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Why not use Excel?


  • #4
    whyulittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Cheers, but how stable is it? Don't want to get something that's going to be crashing the whole time. Does it handle Excel files well?


  • #5
    whyulittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Oriel wrote:
    Why not use Excel?

    Ideally I would, but it was a bit pricey last time I looked.


  • #6
    daveirl
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    This post has been deleted.


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  • #7
    whyulittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Just downloaded NeoOffice and giving it a try now. Looks to be fine though, thanks people.


  • #8
    Gordon
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    +1 for Neo Office


  • #9
    Asiaprod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,737 ✭✭✭Asiaprod


    +2 for Neo Office, a great application.


  • #10
    Gillo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    Just curious has anyone tried Numbers, it the difference between Keynote and Powerpoint is anything to go by then Numbers is definetley an option.


  • #11
    Diarmuid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭Diarmuid


    I haven't tried Numbers but it seems that it's getting decent reviews and it's a lot cheaper than office ($79 for iWork08). I used NeoOffice but the differences to Excel were enough to annoy me (formulas don't pop up hints, semi colons are the delimiters and other small things)

    BTW Excel on the PC is the same price as the Mac.


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  • #12
    Peteer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭Peteer


    For a Trial of iWork '08 including Pages try here:
    http://www.apple.com/iwork/trial/

    Cheers,
    Peter


  • #13
    440Hz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭440Hz


    I like Pages, in fact I like iWork in general. def use Keynote about Powerpoint. I have started using Bean more than pages recently though, but looking forward to iLife 08 all the same. I might give the trial a go and check out the changes.


  • #14
    whyulittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    A question on Excel for Macs. When using auto-complete, is there any way to make the word or whatever you are putting in, appear in the cell, rather than it showing up in a list below. You have to arrow down to select it, and then tab across to the next cell - instead of being able to start typing your word, see it appear in the cell, and tabbing straight into the next cell. May sound small, but it would make a big difference to what I'm working on. I checked the preferences, and I all I can see is turning auto-complete off entirely, which would be even worse.


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