Appleworks spreadsheets v. Numbers - 08/24/11 06:03 PM
I use both Appleworks and Numbers, and I have to say that for any spreadsheet larger than your screen display at 100%, AW is superior and Numbers worse.
For instance in AW, you can Lock the Title Position, so that no matter how many rows you add, the title row stays there so that you see which numbers should be input into which columns. The only way I've found to do this in Numbers (once your s/s goes off the bottom of the screen) is to "Hide rows", which to me seems just stupid, frankly.
Additionally, in Numbers, there is no way to get rid of the left hand side panel which is a waste of space.
In Numbers, no matter how many times you tell it not to, it defaults to the default Font, which is infuriating. I don't want Helvetica but that's what it serves up until you wrestle it into submission.
In Numbers, no matter that you've defined everything as say 14 point, if you Apple-X to clear a cell, when you type a new figure in it appears in default size which is not 14. The only way around this is to backspace-delete a cell, not Apple-X it. this is fun if you're clearing a quadrangle of rows and colums, or every other row. Don't Apple-X unless you want to have to reformat those cells instead.
None of that happens with AppleWorks/ClarisWorks.
Numbers, can you preview to see page breaks on s/sheets without a lot of hassle? No. AWorks - of course.
Worst of all: in AWorks you can instantly "define print area" which is on a drop down menu. You can print, easily, a certain area of your s/sheet. This is not there in Numbers, there is no way to tell it to print only a certain part.
There are the many reasons why I'm still using out of date but superior AppleWorks for daily work; and only use Numbers for very small spreadsheets no larger than the screen size.
I wish there was someone I could complain/explain to, but what's the use?
Thanks for reading.
For instance in AW, you can Lock the Title Position, so that no matter how many rows you add, the title row stays there so that you see which numbers should be input into which columns. The only way I've found to do this in Numbers (once your s/s goes off the bottom of the screen) is to "Hide rows", which to me seems just stupid, frankly.
Additionally, in Numbers, there is no way to get rid of the left hand side panel which is a waste of space.
In Numbers, no matter how many times you tell it not to, it defaults to the default Font, which is infuriating. I don't want Helvetica but that's what it serves up until you wrestle it into submission.
In Numbers, no matter that you've defined everything as say 14 point, if you Apple-X to clear a cell, when you type a new figure in it appears in default size which is not 14. The only way around this is to backspace-delete a cell, not Apple-X it. this is fun if you're clearing a quadrangle of rows and colums, or every other row. Don't Apple-X unless you want to have to reformat those cells instead.
None of that happens with AppleWorks/ClarisWorks.
Numbers, can you preview to see page breaks on s/sheets without a lot of hassle? No. AWorks - of course.
Worst of all: in AWorks you can instantly "define print area" which is on a drop down menu. You can print, easily, a certain area of your s/sheet. This is not there in Numbers, there is no way to tell it to print only a certain part.
There are the many reasons why I'm still using out of date but superior AppleWorks for daily work; and only use Numbers for very small spreadsheets no larger than the screen size.
I wish there was someone I could complain/explain to, but what's the use?
Thanks for reading.