Lotus articles from February 1991

Lotus archives from February 1991

Envisioning Information.
February 1, 1991... Envisioning Information: A Guide to Visual Communication "What's graphic is good" is both a tenet of the '90s and the premise behind multimedia, graphical user interfaces, presentation graphics, and USA Today. But Yale professor Edwards...

More help from Lotus. (Lotus Development Corp.)
February 1, 1991... More Help from LOTUS Everybody is looking for ways to use technology more efficiently. And we're always trying to help. Last October we offered a disk-based version of the magazine's models and macros, and the response was extremely...

Letters.
February 1, 1991... LETTERS DISAPPOINTMENT WITH RELEASE 3.1 "At last," I thought, "Release 3.1 of 1-2-3 is out. I'll finally get the presentation graphics and font styling Lotus has promised for so long." [See "First Impressions of Release...

(at)ERR.
February 1, 1991... @@ERR The Start Here column entitled "DOS and Your Hard Disk" in the December issue contains an error. On page 18 the article says "if the directory named C:\LOTUS is current when you issue the MD\TEMP command, DOS creates a subdirectory whose...

Macro letters.
February 1, 1991... Macro Letters SAVING A SET OF GRAPHS TO PIC FILES In the May 1989 1-2-3 Macros column (page 33), you presented a macro that pages through a set of graphs. I have adapted your macro for Symphony, but I have a problem. Rather than...

Answers to your questions about Lotus products. (Q&A)
February 1, 1991... Answers to Your Questions About Lotus Products DOS Don't get conned Q I mistyped the name of a file that I wanted to retrieve from my hard disk. The name that I accidentally typed was CON. Rather than displaying the...

More tips on using Lotus products. (Good Ideas)
February 1, 1991... More Tips on Using Lotus Products Revisited Stopping an autoexecuting macro Myron Truex has found a good way to stop an autoexecuting macro (August, page 64). I have found another. I add the {?} command to force...

Microsoft plans MS-DOS upgrade. (MS-DOS 5.0)
February 1, 1991... MICROSOFT PLANS MS-DOS UPGRADE Though Microsoft Corp. is unlikely to get MS-DOS 5.0 out the door until the second quarter, many users of the venerable operating system will no doubt find the latest version worth the wait. The new DOS...

Lotus Notes upgrade. (Lotus Development Corp's Lotus Notes 2.0) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... Lotus Notes Upgrade Lotus Notes version 2.0, scheduled to be shipped in the first quarter of 1991, is a major upgrade to Lotus Development Corp.'s group-communications software. Notes 2.0 sports a new user interface, Dynamic Data Exchange,...

(at)Base bugs in Symphony release 2.2. (Lotus Development Corp.)
February 1, 1991... @@BASE BUGS IN SYMPHONY RELEASE 2.2 Lotus Development Corp. expects to have a fix available this month for bugs found in the @Base database add-in of Symphony Release 2.2. One problem, Symphony users report, is that pressing the Delete key...

Get Ami Pro free, buy your next 1-2-3 for $49. (Samna Corp's Ami Professional) (Lotus Development Corp's Lotus 1-2-3)
February 1, 1991... Get Ami Pro Free, Buy Your Next 1-2-3 for $49 If you buy or upgrade to 1-2-3 Release 3.1 between January 8 and April 30, 1991, you get a free copy of Ami Professional, the word processor for Microsoft Windows that Lotus acquired in its recent...

Paradox access from 1-2-3. (Lotus Development Corp. releases DataLens Driver)
February 1, 1991... Paradox Access from 1-2-3 Lotus Development Corp. has released the DataLens Driver for Paradox Tables, which gives users of 1-2-3 Release 3.1 and 1-2-3/G access to information stored in Paradox databases. From within the spreadsheet, users can...

More viewers for Magellan 2.0. (Lotus Development Corp.)
February 1, 1991... More Viewers for Magellan 2.0 A free Bonus Viewer Disk is available to registered users of Magellan 2.0, Lotus's DOS-based text search and retrieval utility. The disk supplies seven new viewers, six updated viewers, a program information file...

Lotus tech tips on Compuserve. (Lotus Development Corp.)
February 1, 1991... Lotus Tech Tips on CompuServe The Lotus Technical Library is now available on CompuServe. A comprehensive database of customer-support information, the Technical Library includes more than six years' worth of answers to customers' questions...

New One Source family member. (Lotus Development Corp's CD/Banking: Branches) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... New One Source Family Member CD/Banking: Branches is a new database in Lotus Development Corp.'s One Source product line. Branches, which combines bank branch deposit data, demographic data, and links to 1-2-3, is designed to help retail,...

Market data in real time. (Lotus Realtime for OS/2)
February 1, 1991... Market Data in Real Time Lotus Realtime for OS/2, a real-time capability for securities traders, now supports 1-2-3/G as well as 1-2-3 Release 3. The two-part technology lets traders access, integrated, and analyze multiple sources of real-time...

Release 3.1 seminars. (Lotus Development Corp's Lotus 1-2-3 3.1)
February 1, 1991... RELEASE 3.1 SEMINARS Beginning this month and continuing through the second quarter, Lotus Development Corp. will be rolling out "Looking Good with 1-2-3 Release 3.1," a seminar that focuses on the spreadsheet-publishing capability of...

Outside In: painless data transfer. (Systems Compatibility Corp.)
February 1, 1991... Everyone knows that PC software has a chronic ailment. It's not inconsistent keystrokes or text-based interfaces or even system-crashing bugs. It's the everyday problem of getting one program to use the data produced by another or, in...

Easy Plot II: create complex graphics. (Spiral Software)
February 1, 1991... Easy Plot II: Create Complex Graphs EasyPlot II from Spiral Software in Brookline, Mass., is an unusual combination of sophisticated scientific graphics and an easy-to-use interface. The program generates the simple X-Y line charts...

ThreadZ FileF/X: a better way to manage Windows files. (ThreadZ Software Design Group)
February 1, 1991... ThreadZ FileF/X: A Better Way to Manage Windows Files Todays's high-powered desktop systems prove Parkinson's Law as never before: Files weill quickly expand to fill all available hard-disk space. Microsoft Windows comes with its own file...

Talk to me 1-2-3. (Lotus Development Corp's Lotus 1-2-3) (Voice-It's Voice-It for Spreadsheets) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... talk to Me 1-2-3 Be the first on your block to have a talking version of 1-2-3 with Voice-It for Spreadsheets. This add-in records and plays audio messages associated with specific worksheet cells. It includes a plugin card for 8-bit or...

Reporting on performance. (SRC Software's Performance Advisor) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... Reporting on Performance The Performance Advisor imports data into 1-2-3 from almost any other application, including PC accounting programs and mainframe databases. It prepares automatic reports such as financial performance, variance...

Relational for the rest of us. (Microrim's Personal R:Base) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... Relational for the Rest of Us Personal R:Base is a subset of the R:Base 3.1 relational-database program for use in the home office. Designed for ease of use, it lacks multiuser capability and a programming language. It does have pulldown menus...

Freelance on video. (Video Associates' MicroKey/A) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... Freelance on Video Microkey/A links and synchronizes Lotus Freelance Plus with music, sound effects, or narration. The output can be combined and recorded on any standard VCR. The product includes a microphone, a digital audio card, and a...

Print PostScript and PCL. (Applied Computer Sciences' ACScript) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... Print PostScript and PCL Mix PostScript and PCL printing in the same document by means of ACScript, a PC-based server system that is installed between a laser printer and a computer or among multiple printers connected to a local area network....

Low-cost color scanning. (Chinon America's DS-3000) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... Low-Cost Color Scanning The Chinon DS-3000 breaks the $1,000 price barrier for IBMPC-compatible color scanners. It includes a color converter and Microsoft Windows software for the scanning of full-color images and 3-D objects, with 4,096...

'486 portable packs a punch. (Dolch Computer Systems' Dolch P.A.C. 486-33E) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... '486 Portable Packs a Punch The Dolch P.A.C. 486-33E is a 33 MHz, '486-based EISA-bus portable computer. It is available with either a bright red plasma screen that delineates 16 levels of gray or with a VGA color display. $15,995 and up,...

Identify incoming calls. (Rochelle Communications' Caller ID+Plus) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... Identify Incoming Calls Caller ID+Plus makes possible automatic identification of incoming telephone calls. On an incoming call, it display the telephone number of the caller, a pop-up ID card with address and background information, notes on...

1-2-3 Advisor. (Sybar's Lotus 1-2-3 2.2 On-Line Advisor) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... 1-2-3 Advisor More help is on the way for users of 1-2-3 with the Lotus 1-2-3 2.2 On-Line Advisor, a pop-up, 64,000-word reference textbook on disk. It includes 4,274 citations, cross-indexed in an average of 10 different ways, with tips and...

Hard-disk security. (Fifth Generation Systems' Disklock for the PC) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... Hard-Disk Security The security program Disklock for the PC offers three levels of data encryption, as well as two levels of passwords and a log of attempted illegal entries. You can prevent access to an entire logical drive or to selected...

Windows file manager. (hDC Computer Corp's hDC FileApps) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... Windows File Manager hDC FileApps is a set of five pop-up utilities for Windows 3.0. The utilities let you undelete, search, and encrypt files> view disk usage> and share and transfer files among computers--all without leaving Windows. ...

SQL without tears. (Matesys Corp's Object-View) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... SQL Without Tears Create powerful applications for Microsoft SQL Server without having to write code. Object-View, a Windows-based development environment, provides interface construction tools built upon a graphic editor. In its...

ToolBook for OS/2. (Asymetrix Corp.) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... ToolBook for OS/2 ToolBook for OS/2 is a software-construction set that lets users build custom graphical applications for the OS/2 operating system without using traditional programming languages. Tools include a color drawing package and an...

Learn 1-2-3 as you go. (Insight Resource's Ko-Pilot for 1-2-3) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... Learn 1-2-3 As You Go Ko-Pilot for 1-2-3 is a TSR training program that provides step-by-step guidance to both basic and advanced features as you need it, while you work in 1-2-3. Requires 1-2-3 Release 2.2, 640K of RAM, and a hard disk....

Cobb on Release 3. (Cobb Group's Inside 1-2-3 Release 3 newsletter)
February 1, 1991... Cobb on Release 3 Users of 1-2-3 Release 3 or 3.1 can now receive Inside 1-2-3 Release 3, a 16-page monthly newsletter, complete with tips on spreadsheet organization, macros, workarounds, graphics, printing, and other related subjects. A...

Upgrades. (software packages for Lotus 1-2-3) (product announcement)
February 1, 1991... UPGRADES Baler 5.1 is an enhanced version of this spreadsheet compiler and customizer. It allows 1-2-3 users to turn their applications into customized, tamperproof, stand-alone programs that can be run directly from DOS. New features include...

Get with the program. (includes related articles on spreadsheets and C, object-oriented languages, and Lotus to upgrade 1-2-3 release 2.2)
February 1, 1991... Get with the Program Remember Cobol 101? You loaded a card deck into a tray, waited three days, and got back a piece of paper that said "syntax error." Since then, you've probably used Cobol about as often as you've conversed in Latin....

Color to go. (the use of color in portable computers) (includes related article on radiation in liquid crystal displays)
February 1, 1991... COLOR TO GO After a rather disappointing debut, the second generation of color LCD screens is emerging with a new display technology from Japan. These new screens feature more vibrant color and more energetic performance than their...

E-mail goes global. (X.400 standard)
February 1, 1991... E-MAIL GOES GLOBAL The X.400 standard connects disparate services. So close, and yet so far. For years, that's how many electronic-mail users have felt about the limited reach of a communications service that otherwise has...

Consolidate your worksheets. (tutorial)
February 1, 1991... Consolidate Your Worksheets In financial spreadsheets, numbers may change from month to month, but the structure of the data you record often remains the same. For example, you might track sales leads, unit sales, inventory, or personnel...

Sideways revisited. (Software Review) (Funk Software Inc's Sideways 3.3) (evaluation)
February 1, 1991... Sideways Revisited IN BRIEF Sideways Version 3.3. Funk Software Inc., 222 Third St., Cambridge, MA 02142> 617-497-6339. Requires 75K of RAM with 1-2-3 Release 2.x> 86K for 1-2-3 Release 3.x. $89.95, upgrade $35.00. When Lotus...

In case of emergency. (using the ONERROR command to prevent Lotus 1-2-3 macros from bombing) (tutorial)
February 1, 1991... In Case of Emergency Kerplow] Boom] The ERROR indicator flashes. Your macro has met with a grisly end. If you've written more than a few macros, you know that even well-conceived code can blow up. But it isn't always a big deal....

A taxing worksheet. (spreadsheet tips to assist in personal tax decisions) (tutorial)
February 1, 1991... A TAXING WORKSHEET All year long 1-2-3 and Symphony help you make money. Now, at tax time, your trusty spreadsheet may help you keep some of that money instead of sending it to the IRS. These templates, compatible with 1-2-3 Releases...

Tool for taxes. (using Lotus 1-2-3 as a paper-tape calculator) (tutorial)
February 1, 1991... TOOL FOR Traditionally, tax accountants, bookkeepers, and anyone who deals with columns of numbers have relied on paper-tape desktop calculators to total their figures and keep track of their work. But paper-tape calculators don't let you...

Your ticket to the memory circus. (the different classifications of memory) (tutorial)
February 1, 1991... YOUR TICKET TO THE MEMORY CIRCUS Back in the early days of PCs, no one was confused about memory. You stored data files on floppy disks, ran an application such as 1-2-3 from a system disk, and life was simple. Of course, 256K was more...

Hard copy made easy. (obtaining hard copies of Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets) (includes related article on driver installation) (tutorial)
February 1, 1991... HARD COPY Made Easy Your worksheet is complete--all the information is there, and the layout looks good. But your work isn't done yet. Unless you can drag everyone who nees to see the worksheet over to a computer, you need a printout....

Affordable portables. (NEC Technologies' UltraLite 286V, Zeos International Notebook 286, and CompAdds' Notebook Companion) (Hardware Review) (includes related articles on Airis Corp's VH-286 and GRid Systems' GRiD 1810) (evaluation)
February 1, 1991... Affordable Portables IN BRIEF NEC UltraLite 286V. NEC Technologies Inc., 1255 Michael Dr., Wood Dale, IL 60191> 800-632-4636. Zeos Notebook 286. Zeos International Ltd., 530 Fifth Ave. NW, St. Paul, MN 55112> 800-423-5891. ...

Spreadsheet safety net. (Software Review) (Decisus' Business Wits library of business formulas for spreadsheets) (evaluation)
February 1, 1991... Spreadsheet Safety Net IN BRIEF Business Wits Version 1.0. Decisius Inc., 9938 Via Pasar, Suite A, San Diego, CA 92126> 800-622-6543. Requires 512K of RAM without graphics, 640K with graphics. Uses EMS memory if available. $695...

Rating the tax packs. (a guide to tax software) (includes related article on tax software products and publishers)
February 1, 1991... Rating the Tax Packs It's that time of year again. The holiday decorations are down, the Nintendo game is getting a rest, and receipts, check stubs, and investment statements are strewn across the dining-room table. Clear the decks--tax...

Superlatives: find the best answer. (Software Review) (from Graphicus) (evaluation)
February 1, 1991... SUPERLATIVES: Find the Best Answer Constraints and possibilities are the focus of Superlatives, a new goal-seeking program from Graphicus of Kirkland, Wash. Like other programs of its type, Superlatives can look for the best solution...

Lottery software: don't bet on it.
February 1, 1991... Lottery Software: Don't Bet On It Can a software program improve your chances of winning the state lottery? Don't bet on it. "Swing the odds in your favor" reads promotional copy for Lotto Calc. Another program, Lottery Wheeler and...

Tranche warfare. (Citicorp's use of Lotus 1-2-3 to repackage residential mortgages)
February 1, 1991... Tranche Warfare There are people in Japan who want your mortgage. Not all of it, mind you. A two-year chunk, with payments tied to overnight interbank interest rates in Europe, might do nicely. Or perhaps a longer-term obligation...