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Hi
I'm sort of a Mac addict who needs a spreadsheet app for my iPad. One would think Numbers would be for me but two things are holding me back.
First how well does Numbers work with Dropbox ? Is it easy to import and mostly export files to Dropbox ?
Finally, I'm a bit reluctant to. Buy it considering all the bad reviews Numbers get from so many customers. What do people reading this forum think of Numbers ?
Thanks
iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi, iOS 5.1
1. Regarding dropbox integration. Yes, it is very simple to import/ export files via dropbox. To import, you just install the dropbox app on theiPad, then open the spreadsheet in it, choose the 'Open in Numbers' option & it will open for you. Exorting is also easy, you just click on the wrench in Numbers, choose "open in another App", select dropbox & choose the folder you want to store it in.
All that being said, I don't care for using Numbers on files that I will be transporting back & forth frequently (like ones that I use in Excel on my Mac & also on my iPad. I feel like the two-step process to download/ upload the output causes too many files, so you download it from dropbox, play around with it on the iPad, then upload it again, now you have potentially 3 copies of that file-2 in dropbox & one in Pages. I find that inconvenient. For files that I work on alot in both places, I use cloudon or the web apps in Skydrive to manipulate. They aren't as nice as Numbers on the iPad, but I can open up & save the exact smae document on both devices.
2. I think that if you go into it thinking that Numbers is 'Excel for iPad', you will be disappointed. I was frustrated with it when I first used it, until I took an afternoon to watch the videos on how to use it & read a bunch of links online. Numbers does the same thing as Excel (for the most part) but it works very differently. I believe it is the best spreadsheet app out there for working on an iPad, but the processes are just different than Excel. Until I took the time to learn how it worked, I was continually frustrated with iPad Numbers. Now I use it all the time when I am doing spreadsheets on the iPad (unless, like I said above, it is one that I work on on both my Mac & iPad.)
1. Regarding dropbox integration. Yes, it is very simple to import/ export files via dropbox. To import, you just install the dropbox app on theiPad, then open the spreadsheet in it, choose the 'Open in Numbers' option & it will open for you. Exorting is also easy, you just click on the wrench in Numbers, choose "open in another App", select dropbox & choose the folder you want to store it in.
All that being said, I don't care for using Numbers on files that I will be transporting back & forth frequently (like ones that I use in Excel on my Mac & also on my iPad. I feel like the two-step process to download/ upload the output causes too many files, so you download it from dropbox, play around with it on the iPad, then upload it again, now you have potentially 3 copies of that file-2 in dropbox & one in Pages. I find that inconvenient. For files that I work on alot in both places, I use cloudon or the web apps in Skydrive to manipulate. They aren't as nice as Numbers on the iPad, but I can open up & save the exact smae document on both devices.
2. I think that if you go into it thinking that Numbers is 'Excel for iPad', you will be disappointed. I was frustrated with it when I first used it, until I took an afternoon to watch the videos on how to use it & read a bunch of links online. Numbers does the same thing as Excel (for the most part) but it works very differently. I believe it is the best spreadsheet app out there for working on an iPad, but the processes are just different than Excel. Until I took the time to learn how it worked, I was continually frustrated with iPad Numbers. Now I use it all the time when I am doing spreadsheets on the iPad (unless, like I said above, it is one that I work on on both my Mac & iPad.)
Thanks a lot. I just bought it and all I have to do now is watch some videos, too.
Numbers and Dropbox
