Visually see how to use charts, formulas and more!
Use compelling charts and graphs to show stakeholders what you mean at a
glance. With Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac, everyone from beginners to
professional number crunchers can quickly create great-looking financial
reports.
Budgets everywhere will balance effortlessly. New Mac-only Ledger Sheets
with built-in formulas make common financial tasks easy. Accelerate your
number crunching with Formula AutoComplete. Start typing and Excel 2008
displays a dynamic list of formulas to choose from. Charting Improvements
artfully convey the big picture, with greater impact than numbers.
Building Charts
Design your data to tell the story you want to tell - and make the impact
your ideas deserve. Discover modern ways to communicate with powerful
chart templates and tools, 3D effects, transparency, and soft shadows.
In no time, beginners and pros alike build visually persuasive charts and
thought-provoking graphs using the high-quality design layouts and styles
that are always within easy reach via Excel's expandable and collapsible
Elements Gallery.
Insert your great-looking chart into a PowerPoint presentation or Word
proposal for a rich, consistent, high-quality look and feel to all your
professional communications. Beautiful Excel chart options can be
integrated across all of Office.
Formulas and Grids
Create a little spreadsheet magic without having to remember
formulas. Open the Excel Toolbox, and get helpful step-by-step
instructions how to build any formula from your Formula Builder.
Save time typing. Power users and beginners alike can input
calculations without knowing their exact names. Start typing and a
list displays functions, definitions, and structure references that match
your text. Continue typing and the list narrows dynamically to the
best selection.
Power users will love exploring massive amounts of data within a single
sheet. Beginners can create logs that go on for days. Compatible
with Excel 2007, Excel for Mac 2008 sheets now support more than 1 million
rows and 16 thousand columns each.
Ledger Sheets
You just want to balance your budget, track your inventory, or manage your
investments - not memorize a bunch of formulas. Beginners can easily
use Excel with little training, thanks to pre-formulated worksheets.
Believe it or not, you will be creating financial management worksheets
for home and work with ease. Excel's powerful, pre-defined formulas,
data import tools, and new helpful layouts will guide you through what you
need to do.
Start with fully customizable Ledger Sheets designed for invoicing,
bill-paying, household budgets, and payroll. Beginners to pros can
easily customize at will - to keep on top of each person's totally unique
financial picture.
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Mac OS X version 10.4.9 or later
Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (500 MHz or faster)
processor
512 MB of RAM or more
1.5 GB of available Hard Disk space
HFS+ hard disk format (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Plus)
DVD drive or connection to a local area network (if installing over a
network)
1024 x 768 or higher-resolution monitor
Entourage and certain features require Internet access (fees may apply)
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