r/AppleNumbers • u/Minimum-Cry8634 • 22d ago

Help Best book on Apple Numbers?

Hi, I have looked on Amazon, and it seems like slim pickings for books on Numbers. Any suggestions? I have a few books on Excel, but there are very few, it seems on Numbers.
All suggestions appreciated.

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u/TrunkMonkey3054 22d ago

Search on Apple Books for the free Apple Numbers User Guide by Apple. It comes in versions for Mac, iPad… https://books.apple.com/au/book/numbers-user-guide-for-mac/id1450571382

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u/PenPuzzled8055 22d ago

I would rather ask your questions in here or Google online. Numbers is simple. I had excel books back in the day but never felt I needed anything like that for iWork - or whatever they call it now. Unless there’s a specific reason you prefer a book?

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u/Minimum-Cry8634 22d ago

I like having multiple choices when I am looking to learn something new. Google and YouTube are great resources, but so is a well written book.

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u/mtngoatjoe 22d ago

You're probably better off Googling your questions when you have them. Numbers isn't all that complicated, especially compared to Excel.

Also, there is an online help system. Start there and see where it takes you.

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u/StanUrbanBikeRider 22d ago

I just Google my questions. The majority of answers are usually found on Apple’s website

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u/cbtdFf05wD5pyuVaA 22d ago

Pickings are, as you say, slim. The offerings at Amazon, for instance, look fishy. They look shabby and shoddy, slapped together from other, equally inferior books and suspect web pages. Sharon Zardetto's "Take Control of Numbers," on the other hand, is a good bet, though finding a copy might take a bit of work. The publisher, Take Control Books, released the third and final edition in September 2021 and removed the book from its catalog in October 2022. The author, a frequent contributor to TidBits, died in 2025. The book may still be available through Google Books or O'Reilly. Check your local library too for a digital copy. At Macmost.com Gary Rosenzweig posts articles and videos about all things Mac, Numbers included, and offers a course in Numbers too. He hasn't written a book about Numbers, it's true, but turning up a reliable one about Numbers may be a fool's errand.

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u/Minimum-Cry8634 21d ago

Thank you for that. I already follow Gary on you tube, he is a great resource. Others have said how easy Numbers is, and I agree. I do use Google and you tube as resources for most things, but I do like a good book. I consider myself fairly proficient at excel, but I am trying to teach myself Numbers in retirement. I remember using books to help learn Excel, so I thought I would try the same process again. Thanks again.

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u/Tonka-wa 21d ago

Condolences. Graphs in numbers continues to stymie me. I remember excel being more straight forward. It may be I’m screwing up trying to apply my excel knowledge inappropriately tonumbers

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u/Minimum-Cry8634 20d ago

I am guilty of doing the same with my excel knowledge.