Normally when we think of spreadsheets, Excel, the Microsoft suite program, comes to mind, however it is not the only option available as a manager since although there are other free alternatives, different office automation packages such as OpenOffice perhaps We should pay a little attention to Numbers within iWork's and its latest update for Mavericks, since it has improved a lot in OS X.
This latest edition achieves that, for example, thanks to its unified format we can see exactly the same document at the same time both on our iPhone / iPad and on Mac, making it possible for several users to work on the same document at the same time.
One of the most notable additions would be the interactive mapping which gives us the possibility of dragging a bar where said graphs will automatically include the new data from later years, for example, this can be done with static graphs but having this option is more visual and also much more comfortable.
On the other hand, it also includes bubble charts that Excel has been offering for years, which is actually a 3D graph in two dimensions where the X and Z axes give values and the size of the bubble offers the third data, on the contrary there would be It has been a plus for Apple to include a three-dimensional background where Z axis (depth) could also mark data, something that could have been transferred here and not only to the other graphs as they are done with the bars.
In the new version of Numbers too left sidebar has disappeared which showed the hierarchical tree where in complex documents the different areas could be accessed more easily, however now each one of them is treated individually, this bar having disappeared, placing it at the top in the editing menu.
In short Numbers even lacking Still with regard to the most demanding regarding Excel, it has an excellent interface and everything necessary to be a more than capable tool at home and for SMEs, now being free along with the entire iWork suite with the purchase of new Macs.
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Man, and if it is free, as one thinks twice before buying the microsoft suit and if you also add that you can work from anywhere with iCloud like google drive ... but more powerful