Exporting a Numbers ’08 Document as a Microsoft Excel File

It’s easy to share a document you create in Numbers with friends or colleagues using Microsoft Excel on a Mac or PC.

To export a Numbers ’08 document as a Microsoft Excel file:

1. Choose Export from the File menu.
2. Click the Excel icon in the resulting dialog; then click Next.
3. Name the Excel document, indicate where you want it saved, and click Export.

Numbers converts each table into a separate worksheet in a single Excel spreadsheet and generates a summary worksheet outlining the worksheets into which each table was placed. It also alerts you — with a Document Warning dialog — of any potential conversion errors, but these are usually minor. You should check formulas, however, as some Excel formula calculations may differ from those in Numbers.