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StarAm Plan
V2.2f
Quick Manual
Copyright © 2000 by Thorsten Passow
This quick manual describes the most important things you need to know, if you
want to work with StarAm Plan. There are many features, which make the work
with StarAm Plan easier but are not mentioned in this quick manual. Some of
them works like in other spreadsheet programs, so try if you know features of
other spreadsheets. StarAm Plan support almost complete AmigaOS 3.0. These
features are not mentioned in this quick manual, so try if StarAm Plan support
them.
There are other important informations in the file ReadMeFirst! which you MUST
read. IF YOU DO NOT READ ReadMeFirst! YOU MUST NOT USE StarAm Plan! All
informations in ReadMeFirst! aren't repeated in this quick manual.
1. How to install?
Unpack the archive and read ReadMeFirst!. If you haven't installed
reqtools.library version 38, you must copy it to libs:. There is no need to
copy any other file to elsewhere. To activate the english catalog, read
ReadMeFirst!.
2. How to start?
Doubleclick on the icon StarAm Plan.
3. What is a worksheet?
The main documents in StarAm Plan are worksheets. After you've started StarAm
Plan. you will see a worksheet on the screen.
A worksheet is an array of cells. The cells are named by its row and its column
in the array. The columns are counted by letters from A to ZZZ. The rows are
counted from 1 to 32766. The letters and numbers are shown above/left of the
worksheet in the same window. All texts, values and formulars are in the diverse
cells of the worksheet. All you input in the cells is shown calculated and
formatted in the worksheet. That what you've entered in the cell is shown above
the worksheet in the same window in the line »Cont.:«.
3. How to input?
The sizes of the worksheets are different. The active cell, which is shown
highlightet, can only be inside the boundaries of the worksheet. If you are in
the last row of the worksheet and you press RETURN, the worksheet will become
one row larger. If you are in the last column of the worksheet and press TAB,
the worksheet will become one column larger. A new (empty) worksheet contains
only the cell A1, so you must first make the worksheet larger. You can also
use the cursor keys to enlarge the worksheet if you've activated this option.
If you press a character key or the »Esc« key, the contents of the current cell
is deleted and the character or »Esc« (a rectangle is shown for this
"character") is the new contents of the cell. You are now in input mode, so you
can enter further characters in this cell. You can see, what you enter, in the
string gadget »Cont.:«, which changes its name to »Input:« if you are in input
mode. To change into input mode, you can also click in the string gadget
»Cont.:«. To leave input mode press RETURN, if the string gadget is active. If
you want to undo the input BEFORE you've left input mode, you must delete the
contents of the string gadget and then press RETURN. You can deactivate this
option, so that the cell contents is deleted instead. But then you must use
the mouse to cancel the input.
There are five types of things, you can enter into a cell:
a. Texts: Everything, which is not one of the other four things is a text.
b. Decimal numbers: 12.65 (normal decimal number)
3.647E-23 (decimal number in scientific notation)
maximum decimals: 16
maximum exponent: ±308
c. Dates: to input 23-Nov-1996 you must type: 23/11/1996
23/11/96 means 23-Nov-0096 !!!!
d. Time: 13:23:56 (hours:minutes:seconds), max. hour 23, min. hour 0
e. Formulars: The other four types are constants and aren't calculated. This
type will produce a cell type (this is not the same as these
types!) of decimal number like type b or a text like type a, if
the cell is empty. You can change the cell type later.
A formular must start with an »Esc« (see above) for decimal
numbers and with »""+« (without » and «) for texts.
4. Cell type and cell format
If you want first to select the format of a cell and then enter something, you
must set the correct cell type with the »Format/Type« commands, before you set
the format. Hint: Use multiselection of menuitems!
The value of a cell of type date means the days since 1-Jan-1978, e.g. -1 is
31-Dec-1977, 0 is 1-Jan-1978, 1 ist 2-Jan-1978. To see this, enter 1 in a cell
and select »Format/Types/Date« from the pulldown menus and enter 1/1/1978 in a
cell and select »Format/Types/Value«.
The value of a cell of type time means the seconds since midnight.
The value 1 of a cell of type month means january, 12 means december.
The value 1 of a cell of type weekday means monday, 7 means sunday.
5. Syntax of formulars
A formula to calculate a value must begin with the sign Esc (the Esc key),
which is shown as rectangle. You can use expressions with functions (build in
and user defined), + (addition), - (subtraction), * (multiplication),
/ (division), ^ (power), =, <, >, <=, >=, <> (boolean comparisons, 0 if false,
1 if true), ( and ). The Esc may only be the first character of a formula.
The arguments can be:
- cells and ranges:
cells: e.g. B12
ranges of cells: e.g. B12-C23, B12 is the top/left and C23 the bottom/right
cell of the range. The top/left cell MUST be the first!
If »Relocate« is set in the window Edit-Settings (to open in the icon bar),
StarAm Plan interprete this as relative to the cell this formula is in if the
cell is copied, e.g.
the formula is in cell C12, then B12 means the cell one column left.
If you set a ! behind the column and/or row, then it is interpreted as
absolute: B!12! means B12, B12! means the cell in row 12 one column left,
B!12 means the cell in column B in the same row. If »Ignore !« is selected
in the window Edit-Settings, then also B!12!, B12!, B!12 are relative.
If »Relocate« is NOT set, then B12 is absolute, too. Be carefull if you
make something like this: B!12!-C23. This could produce a wrong range, if
you move the cell with this formula.
Cells and ranges of another layer of a 3dim. worksheet (another worksheet
of the project) can be accessed by XX: in front of the cell/range, XX is
the layer: AA, AB, ..., ZZ. 3dim. ranges are possible, e.g. AC:B12-AE:C23.
There mustn't be a ! behind the the layer, e.g. AC!:B12 is not possible.
This references are linked to its cells, e.g. in a formular is the refrence
B12 and a new row is inserted after row 3 then the reference in the formular
is changed to B13.
- names for cells and ranges: &name. The names must begin with a & and are
case sensitive. &Blatt is always defined as the complete worksheet.
Access to names of another layer is possible, e.g. AC:&name.
- variables: variables can contain a value, must begin with %, e.g.
%variable, and are case sensitive. %Pi is always defined as 3.14...,
%Falsch is always defined as 0 and %Wahr is always defined as 1.
- build in functions: see below.
- user defined functions: @function. The functions must begin with a @ and
are case sensitive. If you enter a calculable expression in the string
gadget »Formul.« of the window Define Functions, then the function results a
value. If you enter a text-formula then the function results a text.
The arguments of a user defined function can be values or texts (as
constant or formula). In the string gadget »Arguments« of the window Define
Functions, there must be a % for each value argument and a $ for each text
argument in the correct order and without a seperator. In the entered
formular (string gadget »Formul.«) the arguments are §1, §2, §3, ... §14
(the number is the number of the argument). You could place them where you
could place variables. Ranges as arguments are not possible.
- links to cells and ranges of other worksheets: A link begin with \ and end
with . (a point). Between both characters must the name of the worksheet
without the suffix .sab. Only links to worksheets with the suffix .s