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Short: Spreadsheet, V2.2b,OS 3.0+, 68000 CPU
Author: tpassow@physik.uni-bremen.de (Thorsten Passow)
Uploader: tpassow@physik.uni-bremen.de (Thorsten Passow)
Type: biz/misc
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| This is the archive which contains the version for |
| 68000 CPU or higher |
| (a version for 68020 CPU + 68881 FPU is available) |
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A short manual in english is now in the archive!
StarAm Plan is an easy to use but powerful spreadsheet program.
It is shareware, not crippled. Some features are:
- several sheets at one time in memory with different windows open
- commands to edit,e.g.: fill range, create series, change range by +-*/,
sort range, change row/column, powerfull cut/copy/paste, undo,
search&replace, drag&rop
- 121 stastistic, financial, mathem., date, time, boolean, text, format
and other functions to use in cells.
- user-defined functions, variables and cell-/rangenames
- A lot of formatsettings for cells, e.g.: alignment, suffix, prefix,
cell-type (text,number,date,time,percent,...), date/time-format,
protection, textstyle, borders, textcolor, decimals, sign, hide zero
- format-pattern and autoformat
- A lot of charts with a lot of settings, e.g.: 3d-bar, 3d-line, 3d-area,
errorbars, regression curves, logarithmic axis, polarcoordinates,
functionplotter, several charts in one system of coordinates
- in texts of worksheets and charts you can now use simple mathematical
expressions ("Formelsatz"): fraction, sub-/superscript, math. symbols
and greek letters, textstyles italic and bold
- Settings for screenmode, font, colors, icon, autosave, ...
- uses appicon, toolsmenu, appwindow, OS 3.0-look and AGA,
graphics accelerators, clipboard.device, public-screens,
xpk-libraries, memory pools, shared pens, amigaguide.library,
gadgethelp, ...
- most requesters are asynchron
- projects and 3D-worksheets
- localized, german, english and italian available
- a lot of more
Changes since version 2.2
- bug fixed: ranges are shown only in the view, where they have been
marked now
- bug fixed: crash if more than one view of a worksheet open and
a new row/column above/left of the first row/column was inserted.
- using »true« xy-charts, the x-values may be unsorted and occur more
than once. The condition for "false" xy-charts needn't to be
fullfilled by »true« xy-charts any more.
- using xy-charts no maximum number of data depending on window size
any longer
- bug fixed: crash if marking ranges above a certain row/column
(INTEGER instead of LONGINT used:-(
- SDF import: if the seperator is a space, several spaces are
interpreted as one seperator
- some other minor improvements and fixed bugs
(complete list is in the archive)
Changes since version 2.1b
- bug in installer script fixed: free RAM wasn't checked correctly
- considerable less memory consumption of the worksheets now
activated:
i.e. 52 kbyte (175 cells -> 300 byte per cell)
- you can now use simple mathematical expressions ("Formelsatz") in
all texts in the chart and the sheet! In the sheet this feature
must be activated.
- output of texts (screen and printer) won't be cut anymore if the
text is longer than the width of the column, so no need to break
the text into the next cells (Ctrl/Return)!
»Center Row« works without breaking the text into the following
cells, too. It can be undone with »Format/Alignment« now.
- print out in highest quality and complete WYSIWYG now possible
(font, colour, cell grid, borders, mathematical expressions)
- Cell references are now linked to its cells, i.e. if cells are
removed or new inserted, then the references will be changed so
that they refer to the new positions of the cells.
All references in the complete project are adapted, 3d references
too (but not the layer reference). Links to other worksheets
by name (e.g. \Name.A1) aren't changed (this is impracticable).
- now cells are always calculated in the correct order.
- linear/exponential/power regression now uses errorvalues of the
y values if desired. Also the y-error-bars are used calculating the
regression curves in charts.
- some other minor new features and improvements and some bugs fixed
(complete list is in the archive)
Changes since version 2.1
- Aminet distribution is now identical to disk distribution
- Installer script completely rewritten:
- localized
- checking minimum preconditions
- cleaning up after error
- active support of installation on floppy disk (size checking and
asking for new directory)
- PRETEND mode works
- all answers in EXPERT mode are safe
- some more informations in EXPERT mode
- Creating directory in EXPERT mode only if desired
- less questions in AVERAGE mode (more automatic copying)
- all questions first if possible
- icon positions are kept on update (this must be activated
manually by deleting some ; because of compatibility)
-> perfect installer-script ;-)
- enforcer hits, etc. fixed: changing position of cell A1 with command
Edit/Sort confused StarAm Plan
- Guru fixed: occured when deleting a text series which contains
an empty text
- some other enforcer hits and minor bugs fixed and some minor
improvements (complete list is in the archive)
Changes since version 2.04
- error message if loading a project which contains a worksheet which
is part of another loaded project. Removing of the worksheet from
the project which is being loaded. So no more danger of a crash.
- short help of iconbar now localized
- bug fixed in links to other worksheets by name in formulas (\Name.):
If the name contains the special characters operators, brackets and #
then the name can be set between " (\"Name".). So no error will occur.
- links to other worksheets by name in formulas can contain a path now.
The name (incl. path) must then set between " (\"Path/Name".).
Then the worksheet is searched only in the memory and at the
specified place.
- text series (a special form of arithmetic series) implemented.
The possible text series can be defined by the user.
- drawing the charts the resolution and aspect ratio are taken into
account completely: length of lines (ticks and subticks, some symbols
with previously constant size) thickness of lines (all lines drawn
with Draw and DrawEllipse), text height, text width (using FontTags
of DiskFont.library v37/39).
- the size of elements in the chart now optional depends on the
horizontal resolution (as until now) or the width of the window
- thickness of lines in chart now selectable (separate for different
lines)
size of symbols in chart now selectable
- bug fixed: Edit/Change deleted cells (long lives undo!) if the cells
had contained formulas and only values should been changed
- bug fixed: Edit/Changed changed formulas wrong in case of * or /
- in texts of charts you can now use simple mathematical expressions
("Formelsatz"): fraction, sub-/superscript, math. symbols and greek
letters, textstyles italic and bold
- with %n you can now set the position of the factor of the axis
lettering in the axis names (in 1000, in Mio, in billion, in 1E+012,
...). Factors in scientific notation are printed now superscript
(10^{12} instead 1E+012, ^{ and } certainly not printed and 12
superscript). »in« not printed if %n is used.
- work around for inability of the printer.device to print a hardcopy
from a CyberGraphX screen, so that you now can print out a chart from
a CyberGraphX screen
- routine to save a chart as graphics (IFF-ILBM) cybergraphx compatible
(but only 8 bit!) rewrited, so that you now can save a chart as
graphics (IFF-ILBM) from a CyberGraphX screen (true also for copying
into clipboard).
- many other bug fixes and improvements (complete list is in the archive)
Changes since version from 5-Jan-97:
- some bugs fixed (list is in the archive)
Changes since version 2.03b
- bug in V2.03 fixed: Iconify works again (enforcer-hits/guru/
"hanging" fixed)
- xy-charts: x-axis labels have same type (number, date, time, month,
weekday) as cells with x-values (e.g. monthnames instead of numbers
at x-axis). Format of cells with type date or time is partly used.
- setting for view: zero-values are not shown (ignored by celltype
text, date and time). Also cellformat to set this for each cell
(ignored only by celltype text).
- Worksheet/Open, Chart/Load (Chart-Manager) and gadget Load
(Worksheet-Manager): Multiselection (and loading) of files in
filerequester.
- curvechart (and 3d-areachart): empty cells (celltype=text; value=0
AND value of cell is hidden in actual view) and/or cells of value zero
can be ignored: gadgets emty and zeros in Chart-Attributes
- support of GadgetHelp (Intuition.library V39): there is a shorthelp
for the gadgets of the gadgetbar shown, if the mousepointer is over
one of the gadgets. Pressing help opens the (context sensitive and
asynchrone) online-help (with a longer helptext).
- some other things and bugs fixed (complete list is in the archive)
Changes since version 2.03:
- serious bug fixed: Extras/Export/Range has overwrited the original
File, if xpk wasn't used :-(
- bug in v2.03 fixed: If SimpleRefresh the worksheet wasn't printed at start
automatically. The command Define Worksheet (and reverse) didn't refresh the
worksheet.
- bug in v2.03 fixed: Extras/Export/Text didn't work because of the new printing
features :-(
- FPU exceptions are now disabled (because of runtimeerrors if FPU exists -not
68040!- and I couldn't find them lacking a real FPU)
- bug fixed: If complete row/column at bottom/right worksheet border removed,
undo didn't work.
- some minor bugs fixed
- some enforcer hits fixed
Changes since version 2.0b:
- needs AmigaOS 3.0, uses memory pools, shared pens, ...
- rows/cols may be fixed at border
- undo now with several steps
- rows/cols may be alone absolute: A!1! instead of A1!
- better print out
- using locale.library, english catalog file
- better graphics accelorator support
- asynchrone and context sensitive online help with amigaguide.library
- and a lot of more, a detailed list is in the archive
Changes since version 2.0:
- runtime-error while creating a circle-chart with senseless values
(sum=0, negative values) catched. Occured only with FPU
(not 68040 CPU).
- Tooltype SMARTREFRESH in program-icon to enable SmartRefresh for
Worksheet-Windows. Speed up the Refresh but needs more memory.
- Tooltype PALETTEWINDOW in program-icon to change gadgetbar to
palette-window.
- Possibility to delete format-pattern which are needed for
autoformat removed.
Changes since version 1.9d:
- many commands work now more logical
- most requesters are asynchron
- better way to select a range, multiselect ranges
- new look for worksheet-window
- more mouse-commands in worksheet, e.g. drag&drop
- more commands for comfort
- rangenames linked with cells
- a lot new settings
- better »projects«, 3D-worksheets
- format-pattern and autoformat-command
- search and replace
- SDF-Import/Export
- uses XPK for packing/encryption
- uses clipboard.device, public-screens
- bug fixes and a lot of more
A more detailed list is in the archiv. It is too long to list here.