Well I am going to business school this Fall and Microsoft Excel is apparently used extensively. How is AppleWorks as a spreadsheet app? Is it just for basics or can it be in place of Excel?
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Can AppleWorks replace Excel?
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I would stick with Excel for the time being. It's possible, but iWorks is apparently the replacement for Appleworks (which probably means no more development for Appleworks). And iWorks, as yet, is not even capable of doing what Appleworks can.
In the meantime, Excel is probably the way to go. Hopefully iWorks catches up, it shows promise. For now though, it is limited in its capabilities.
In the meantime, Excel is probably the way to go. Hopefully iWorks catches up, it shows promise. For now though, it is limited in its capabilities.
Definitely stick with Excel for your needs as pointed out by the previous poster.
I wound up buying both because the spreadsheet app in AppleWorks was not robust enough for my needs. In essence, I took a $79 bath. One feature you will need that is missing from AppleWorks is the multi-sheet option. Not sure if you will be handling a ton of data but the maximum number of rows in AW is like 28,000 versus the 65,000+ in Excel. I'm sure there are more but these I can certainly vouch for.
I'd drop $149 on the academic edition of office (not sure if excel can be purchased stand-alone anymore). And you don't have to install PP or Word or Entourage (??) if you don't want to. I've found TextEdit to be more than adequate for my word processing needs.
I wound up buying both because the spreadsheet app in AppleWorks was not robust enough for my needs. In essence, I took a $79 bath. One feature you will need that is missing from AppleWorks is the multi-sheet option. Not sure if you will be handling a ton of data but the maximum number of rows in AW is like 28,000 versus the 65,000+ in Excel. I'm sure there are more but these I can certainly vouch for.
I'd drop $149 on the academic edition of office (not sure if excel can be purchased stand-alone anymore). And you don't have to install PP or Word or Entourage (??) if you don't want to. I've found TextEdit to be more than adequate for my word processing needs.
For the love of all things sacred and holy, stick with Excel. As much as I don't like microsoft, Appleworks spreadsheets are the most frustrating thing I have ever come across.
You'll need Excel. You're likely to end up doing forecasting and business plans. Both of which will probably require lots of =IFs, VLOOKUPs and ISERROR statements from sheet to sheet. And don't get me started on pivot tables - the most useful way to analyse and present information in a spreadsheet I know of.
Following formulas can be complicated enough without having to figure out if your application can actually handle them!
Following formulas can be complicated enough without having to figure out if your application can actually handle them!
arogge said:
This is definitely something I should have checked out before I did the double-drop on AppleWorks and then Office. Sadly, I was aware of its existence but didn't have the yarbles to check it out.
In fact, I should check it out right now and try to sell my Office license. Get that Redmond detritus off my TiBook.