Best Online Resource to Learn Apple's Numbers Application?

[HappyDude20]

Figured I'd ask the MacRumors community for the best online resource in order to learn Numbers.

Apple's Number is supremely underrated and I know am not even close to using it to the maximum potential. I'd ask somewhere within MacRumors, such as Mac Apps or iOS apps but aside from getting lukewarm responses, they vary and sometimes not get a response at all.

There has to be someplace online, whether it be a forum (ideally) or something I can't even imagine, where people ask questions and/or have an archive or relevant questions.

I'm asking this because right now I am wanting to do something so basic and simple, yet when I Google the answer, I get results from all Numbers 09' and different versions where it just doesn't match with the current/latest Numbers in Catalina.

The basic things I'm wanting to do is add dates to a bunch of cells in a column, from February 27th to May 27th, but don't want to type every single date in each column one by one.

 

[cmaier]

Figured I'd ask the MacRumors community for the best online resource in order to learn Numbers.

Apple's Number is supremely underrated and I know am not even close to using it to the maximum potential. I'd ask somewhere within MacRumors, such as Mac Apps or iOS apps but aside from getting lukewarm responses, they vary and sometimes not get a response at all.

There has to be someplace online, whether it be a forum (ideally) or something I can't even imagine, where people ask questions and/or have an archive or relevant questions.

I'm asking this because right now I am wanting to do something so basic and simple, yet when I Google the answer, I get results from all Numbers 09' and different versions where it just doesn't match with the current/latest Numbers in Catalina.

The basic things I'm wanting to do is add dates to a bunch of cells in a column, from February 27th to May 27th, but don't want to type every single date in each column one by one.

How to fill down with Numbers Autofill on Mac

Need a little help with the Numbers Autofill feature on Mac? This tutorial shows you how to fill cells with and without dragging.

www.idownloadblog.com

Numbers is way weaker than Excel, and most people who need to do serious stuff, even on Mac, use Excel, which is why you won’t find as many resources for Numbers.

 

[HappyDude20]

How to fill down with Numbers Autofill on Mac

Need a little help with the Numbers Autofill feature on Mac? This tutorial shows you how to fill cells with and without dragging.

www.idownloadblog.com

Numbers is way weaker than Excel, and most people who need to do serious stuff, even on Mac, use Excel, which is why you won’t find as many resources for Numbers.

Yeah I get that but Numbers is pretty powerful too. Excel may or may not have an easier learning curve, I don’t really know. Besides, isn’t Excel and the rest of Microsoft’s Office Apps now like subscription based? Or at the very least not free?

 

[cmaier]

Yeah I get that but Numbers is pretty powerful too. Excel may or may not have an easier learning curve, I don’t really know. Besides, isn’t Excel and the rest of Microsoft’s Office Apps now like subscription based? Or at the very least not free?

Use what you’d like. Just pointing out that it will be more difficult to find resources for Numbers, and that Numbers isn’t all that great a spreadsheet (though it may very well be fine for your own needs).

 

[compwiz1202]

Yeah I get that but Numbers is pretty powerful too. Excel may or may not have an easier learning curve, I don’t really know. Besides, isn’t Excel and the rest of Microsoft’s Office Apps now like subscription based? Or at the very least not free?

You can still get standalone versions, but you just don't get any big updates then without purchasing another version. And yea won't be free unless you use similar apps that may not have as much functionality.

 

[D.T.]

The basic things I'm wanting to do is add dates to a bunch of cells in a column, from February 27th to May 27th, but don't want to type every single date in each column one by one.

Geez dude, it took me like 2 minutes to find an answer, try it, and get this:

Read this, it's super simple:

How to fill a series of dates in Numbers.app - MacTips - Top Tips and Tricks for Mac, IOS, Ipad, IOS, Iphone and Everything Apple

Numbers.app doesn't easily reveal how to fill a series of separated dates, eg dates a week apart, but it's simple once you know the trick. Read on for how to fill dates.

www.mactips.info

 

[HappyDude20]

Geez dude, it took me like 2 minutes to find an answer, try it, and get this:

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Read this, it's super simple:

How to fill a series of dates in Numbers.app - MacTips - Top Tips and Tricks for Mac, IOS, Ipad, IOS, Iphone and Everything Apple

Numbers.app doesn't easily reveal how to fill a series of separated dates, eg dates a week apart, but it's simple once you know the trick. Read on for how to fill dates.

www.mactips.info

i got the same webpage results two minutes after creating this thread yesterday but the main point remains on wanting to find a good resource of Numbers learning.

 

[D.T.]

i got the same webpage results two minutes after creating this thread yesterday but the main point remains on wanting to find a good resource of Numbers learning.

I think you'd better off with something like Numbers, with just sort of researching-as-you-go, and I say that as someone who's generally an advocate [in the context of programming] of learning fundamentals, core concepts, language basics, etc.

 

[HappyDude20]

I think you'd better off with something like Numbers, with just sort of researching-as-you-go, and I say that as someone who's generally an advocate [in the context of programming] of learning fundamentals, core concepts, language basics, etc.

totally, I was gonna stick with Numbers regardless. I’ve been dead set on it since the Reagan administration.