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Disk No: 2002
Disk Title: Quattro & 1-2-3 for WordPerfect
PC-SIG Version: S1
Program Title: Quattro & 1-2-3 to WordPerfect
Author Version: 1.02
Author Registration: $25.00
Special Requirements: Lotus 1-2-3 or Quattro, Word Perfect.
QWP.EXE may make life easier for editors and others who frequently must
incorporate spreadsheets into WordPerfect documents. QWP.EXE converts
Lotus 1-2-3 (Versions 1A and 2.1) and Quattro (Versions 1.0 and 1.1)
spreadsheet files into WordPerfect 4.2 files. These may be read
directly by WordPerfect Versions 4.2 - 5.0. QWP.EXE allows column
alignments to be maintained when the WordPerfect user wishes to
incorporate a spreadsheet into a document formatted for a printer using
proportional spacing. This offers an advantage over the commonly used
technique of "printing" spreadsheets to an ASCII format disk file and
importing them into WordPerfect, because the conversion process
translates all tabs into a fixed number of spaces. QWP.EXE
automatically calculates an appropriate tab format for each line, even
as data types change.
Most users who are already familiar with Lotus 1-2-3 or Quattro and
WordPerfect will find QWP.EXE's documentation adequate to get them
started. However, they should be prepared to experiment a bit in order
to produce exactly the results they want consistently on the first or
second try. Once they are familiar with the program, however, this
investment in time will be repaid when they no longer have to spend
hours reformatting or retyping a spreadsheet because they couldn't
get the columns to line up in a WordPerfect document formatted for
proportional spacing on a laser printer.
A potential frustration in the learning process is that, despite its
relative ease of use, the error handling of QWP.EXE is weak. The
program queries the user for information regarding things such as the
name of the output file to be created, the spreadsheet ranges to be
converted, what borders to include, etc. At certain points, hitting
ENTER without providing the requested information or trying to ESCAPE
from a prompt to which you don't know the answer may result in the
system hanging and needing to be rebooted. However, this is an
inconvenience which, hopefully, will be addressed in future versions
of QWP.EXE and not a fatal flaw.
The registration provisions are unusually generous, allowing a
registered user to make an unlimited number of copies for all
machines located at a single street address.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.