Spreadsheet Mac Friendly
Your search for an alternate Mac spreadsheet may be over...
It's tough teaching an old dog new tricks. Since my spreadsheet needs have always been simple, I relied on AppleWorks for all of my number crunching needs. Now, Appleworks is a little on the flaky side on the new Mac OS. So I figured it's time to bite the bullet and use Excel. What we really need is a simple, low-end spreadsheet that understands standard Mac conventions.
Daniel Schwill has rolled out version 1.3 of Tables - the new spreadsheet for Mac OS X. This version offers among other things the following new features: Charts of types: pie, line, (stacked) areas as well as (stacked) columns. You can choose a different language for spell checking for any cell. An autofilter to easily sort and filter lists. The current selection can be copied as a simple LaTeX table, HTML (text), PDF, PostScript or TIFF image to the clipboard. Improved CSV handling including a preview when opening a CSV file.
Tables enables you to organise and present data very simply. With Tables you can not only organise data but also do calculations and comparisons with it. Add, sum or multiply numbers or process data by using more than 100 functions. Data can not only represent numbers but a date or an amount, too. Tables offers extensive options to format the data. Format them as currency, as an amount, as percentage rate, scientifically or with different date formats. Create visually attractive invoices, lists or reports and even add some photos, PDF documents or charts to present your data with great visual impact.
Tables 1.3 requires Mac OS X "Panther" version 10.3.9 and above and is available for download at (http://www.x-tables.eu). Tables offers a full functional free 30-day trial. A licence can be purchased from the web-site for 39 EUR (approximately US$53).
Daniel Schwill, living in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, is a software engineer with more than ten years experience in professional software development. Since 2002, he has been using Objective-C, Cocoa and Mac OS X for his private software development. On April 1, 2006 he founded his own software company in Germany. The first commercial product is Tables - the new spreadsheet for Mac OS X.
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