Lotus articles from July 1988

Lotus archives from July 1988

Wanted: (at)VIG, (at)MAIL, (at)ETC. (Lotus 1-2-3 at-functions) (editorial)
July 1, 1988... WANTED: @VIG, @MAIL, @ETC. This issue marks the debut of Daniel Seligman as LOTUS essayist (see "A Day at the Races with 1-2-3," page 124) and the beginning of what we hope will be a long association. Seligman recently retired as...

(at)Lotus. (removal of copy protection on 1-2-3)
July 1, 1988... @LOTUS LOTUS REMOVES 1-2-3'S COPY PROTECTION Lotus Development Corp. has announced the Value Pack, a set of enhancements for 1-2-3 Release 2/2.01. A key feature of the value Pack is a mechanism to remove copy protection...

Letters.
July 1, 1988... LETTERS INDIRECT ADDRESSING "Back in Space" [March] states that the [LET] command can "derive its target address from the cell named addr." But the cell named addr simply contains a label representation of another cell location. Can...

The growing sophistication of desktop scanners.
July 1, 1988... THE GROWING SOPHISTICATION OF DESKTOP SCANNERS When you look at a piece of paper, your brain cleverly takes in the whole page. It identifies columns of text (along with different type sizes and italic and boldface characters) and processes...

24-pin printers' popularity grows; no more tattoolike letters.
July 1, 1988... 24-PIN PRINTERS' POPULARITY GROWS Suddenly, there's a run on 24-pin dot-matrix printers. Last year, sales of 24-pin printers doubled. This year their market share could reach 35%, and according to optimistic calculations, by 1991, 24-pin...

Computer viruses refuse to go away; but not as prevalent as reported. (includes related article concerning Aldus's Mac graphics program being infected)
July 1, 1988... COMPUTER VIRUSES REFUSE TO GO AWAY Computer viruses are real. But to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of their existence may be greatly exaggerated. Stories about them have circulated since at least the 1970s. Back then they were known...

Protecting against computer viruses; know your enemy.
July 1, 1988... PROTECTING AGAINST COMPUTER VIRUSES In most cases, your best weapons against computer viruses are common sense and a basic knowledge of a few DOS commands. If you're unfamiliar with DOS commands, see the "Journey Through DOS" series that...

Writers prefer costlier word-processing programs; but most people use only 20% of the features.
July 1, 1988... WRITERS PREFER COSTLIER WORD-PROCESSING PROGRAMS The developers of the best-selling word-processing packages are engaged in a "feature war," and the arsenal consists of new program attributes. Packages such as WordPerfect, Microsoft Word,...

Will PS-2 clones be better than the IBM originals? Chips and Technologies President Gordon Campbell thinks so. (interview)
July 1, 1988... WILL PS/2 CLONES BE BETTER THAN THE IBM ORIGINALS? By this past spring, there were so many gauntlets being flung at IBM that Silicon Valley was beginning to look like Michael Jackson's accessories drawer. The question was this: Would IBM...

Special bulletin boards. (special interest)
July 1, 1988... SPECIAL BULLETIN BOARDS Special-interest computer bulletin boards are always popping up and disappearing. Three of the newer ones that promise to have broad appeal and staying power include a genealogy forum on CompuServe, a 9,000-entry...

Tolkien lives. (text-adventure game The Shadows of Mordor)
July 1, 1988... TOLKIEN LIVES Anyone who has read and loved J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings may want to return to that magical world with The Shadows of Mordor, a text adventure game published by Addison-Wesley (Reading, Mass.). This third of a...

SQL training. (Structured Query Language)
July 1, 1988... SQL TRAINING Many companies, including Lotus Development Corp., have or will soon release relational database-management programs that are based on the powerful Structured Query Language. Since IBM researchers developed it throughout the...

Sideways to Allways. (a Lotus 1-2-3 add-in)
July 1, 1988... SIDEWAYS TO ALLWAYS Allways is a 1-2-3 add-in from Funk Software (Cambridge, Mass.) that brings presentation-quality, laser-printer output to your Lotus worksheet. With Allways you can customize your worksheet's appearance with such...

Can you relate? The answer to a reader's question lets us take another look at relational databases. (1-2-3 Macros)
July 1, 1988... CAN YOU RELATE? I have a problem that it seems no one can solve. I use 1-2-3 as a database for a small, reservations-only restaurant whose menu I select. I try never to serve the same meal twice to my customers unless they specifically...

Faster macros; a collection of techniques that can streamline macro processing. (includes related article on multiple driver sets)
July 1, 1988... FASTER MACROS Many of the letters I receive showcase macros and ask the question, "How can I make these macros run more quickly?" Techniques that can speed up macros vary from one application to the next, and most of the applications I see...

With sincere depreciation, part 2. (cranking out tax- and book-depreciation figures is a snap with this worksheet)
July 1, 1988... WITH SINCERE DEPRECIATION, PART 2 As you probably gleaned from last month's column, calculating depreciation can be s tricky undertaking. If depreciation were not tax deductible, many small companies might ignore it. But since it is...

Predicting intervals for regression models. (determining upper and lower boundaries of predicted data) (spreadsheet model)
July 1, 1988... PREDICTION INTERVALS FOR REGRESSION MODELS Most business decisions depend on some kind of forecast. Since a decision based on an uncertain forecast is risky, it follows that a forecast is more valuable when there is some estimate of the...

A beginner's guide to global settings. (launch an initiative and change them)
July 1, 1988... A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO GLOBAL SETTINGS Global settings--the term sounds rather dramatic. You picture prime ministers and secretaries of state gathering for important meetings at the United Nations or peace envoys shuttling around the...

Four 1-2-3 database add-ins. (for Lotus 1-2-3 release 2-2.01)
July 1, 1988... Four 1-2-3 Database Add-Ins In recent months, several database add-in products have become available for 1-2-3 Release 2/2.01. These products enhance and expand 1-2-3's database features by handling much greater quantities of data and...

January through June, 1988. (Lotus mid-year index)
July 1, 1988... JANUARY THROUGH JUNE, 1988 ACCOUNTING budgets, for small businesses, o,s: May 66 cash flow, for small businesses, o,s: Jun 76 depreciation values, determining, o,s: Jun 40 spending reports, creating, o,s: Jan 51 see also FINANCE BOARDS...

Polaroid slide maker instantly turns hard copy into color slides, overheads, and prints. (Polaroid Bravo! Slide Maker) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Polaroid Slide Maker Instantly Turns Hard Copy into Color Slides, Overheads, and Prints. POLAROID HAS MADE A TECHNOLOGICAL LEAP WITH its Bravo! Slide Maker. If you place copy such as a computer printout, magazine illustration, or photograph...

Project-manager add-in tracks schedules and combines budgets in 1-2-3; adds 30(at)functions. (Project Calc) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Project-Manager Add-In Tracks Schedules and Combines Budgets in 1-2-3; Adds 30 @Functions PROJECT CALC LETS YOU SCHEDULE ALL TASKS related to a project and create the project's related budget items on the same spreadsheet. The program lets you...

Add-in lets you use an outline to work in 1-2-3; accesses multiple worksheets simultaneously. (Multisheet) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Add-In Lets You Use an Outline to Work in 1-2-3; Accesses Multiple Worksheets Simultaneously WITH THE MULTISHEET ADD-IN, YOU CAN USE AN outline to design, analyze, and manipulate one or more worksheets using familiar 1-2-3 commands. You can...

1-2-3 and Symphony add-in automates budgeting; updates values in interdependent accounts automatically. (Budget Solutions) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... 1-2-3 and Symphony Add-In Automates Budgeting; Updates Values in Interdependent Accounts Automatically BUDGET SOLUTIONS GIVES YOU A READY-TO-USE form for creating budgets in 1-2-3 or Symphony worksheets. If you specify relationships among your...

Accounts receivable. (database to track who owes you how much) (part three of Small-Business Series)
July 1, 1988... ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE As the owner of a small business, you may h ave a great product that is selling well at a good price, but if you don't collect from your customers on time, you're in trouble. Accounts receivable, those amounts your...

Creating recurring charts from your worksheet; an introduction to Harvard Graphics.
July 1, 1988... CREATING RECURRING CHARTS FROM YOUR WORKSHEET If you periodically update an existing set of graphs with new data from a worksheet, a new kind of graphics program can save you time. In Harvard Graphics and Lotus Graphwriter II, once you've...

Software: The Worksheet Utilities; an all-around 1-2-3 productivity enhancer. (Software Review) (evaluation)
July 1, 1988... SOFTWARE: THE WORKSHEET UTILITIES If you create and maintain worksheets, store worksheets on a hard disk, print reports with multiple print ranges, or use 1-2-3 for database management, The Worksheet Utilities can increase your...

Software: Note-It Plus, Noteworthy, and Smartnotes. (note-taking software provides way to annotate worksheets) (Software Review) (evaluation)
July 1, 1988... SOFTWARE: NOTE-IT PLUS, NOTEWORTHY, AND SMARTNOTES Most worksheets can't answer such questions as "Are those numbers seasonally adjusted?" and "Why is the forecast so high?" In a manually created report, footnotes can supply that...

Software: (at)functions #1; timesaving new (at)functions for 1-2-3 and Symphony. (Software Review) (evaluation)
July 1, 1988... SOFTWARE: @FUNCTIONS#1 If you can't find a 1-2-3 or Symphony @function to suit a particular need, @functions#1 gives you 45 more chances to succeed. The @functions contained in this add-in for 1-2-3 Release 2 or higher and Symphony enhance...

1-2-3 add-in lets you view and update any file on disk from within your current worksheet. (Flash-In) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... 1-2-3 Add-In Lets You View and Update Any File on Disk from Within Your Current Worksheet WITH FLASH-IN YOU CAN BRING ANY FILE ON YOUR hard or floppy disk into a window within your current worksheet to work on both simultaneously. Through the...

Utility translates ASCII files into 1-2-3 and Symphony files; creates a ready-to-use worksheet from imported data. (Trans for 1-2-3) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Utility Translates ASCII Files into 1-2-3 and Symphony Files; Creates a Ready-to-Use Worksheet from Imported Data TRANS FOR 1-2-3 CONVERTS ASCII FILES FROM ANY popular database, word-processing, or spreadsheet package into files compatible with...

Symantec Corp. improves Q and A's database-file support on local area network. (Q and A 3.0) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Symantec Corp. Improves Q&A's Database-File Support on a Local Area Network Q&A VERSION 3.0 PROVIDES MULTIUSER ACCESS TO a Q&A database on a LAN. Its record-locking feature prevents more than one user from accessing a database record...

Free spreadsheet-diagnostic utility can locate errors in your spreadsheet. (Diagnostic Spreadsheet Utility)
July 1, 1988... Free Spreadsheet-Diagnostic Utility Can Locate Errors in Your Spreadsheet DIAGNOSTIC SPREADSHEET UTILITY, FOR USE WITH any version of 1-2-3, Symphony, The Twin, and Supercalc3 or 4, is admittedly a sales-promotion tool for the manufacturer....

1-2-3 add-in permits complex risk analysis in spreadsheets; adds 30 probability-distribution (at)functions. (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... 1-2-3 Add-In Permits Complex Risk Analysis in Spreadsheets; Adds 30 Probability-Distribution @Functions @RISK HELPS YOU SET up and perform risk analyses and Monte Carlo simulations on your 1-2-3 worksheets. An @Risk analysis can generate...

Seminar-On-A-Disk teaches you how to set up a 1-2-3 database with step-by-step business exercises. (Seminar-On-A-Disk For Data Base Management) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Seminar-on-a-Disk Teaches You How to Set Up a 1-2-3 Database with Step-by-Step Business Exercises SEMINAR-ON-A-DISK FOR DATA BASE MANAGEMENT is geared toward someone with at least rudimentary worksheet skills. The training disk and...

Keyboard attachment simplifies using popular software packages; guides user through commands. (Simplifier supplemental keypad) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Keyboard Attachment Simplifies Using Popular Software Packages; Guides User Through Commands THE SIMPLIFIER IS A SUPPLEMENTAL KEYPAD FROM which you can select a simplified set of software commands. The unit translates your selections into...

Self-study course for advanced 1-2-3 and Symphony users emphasizes building macros. (Advanced Training For 1-2-3 and Symphony) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Self-Study Course for Advanced 1-2-3 and Symphony Users Emphasizes Building Macros "ADVANCED TRAINING FOR 1-2-3 AND SYMPHONY" covers macros, @functions, and financial analysis in 1-2-3 Release 2/2.01 and Symphony Release 1.1 or higher. More...

1-2-3 template for figuring your 1988 federal tax withholding. (Tax Estimate) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... 1-2-3 Template for Figuring Your 1988 Federal Tax Withholding A CPA DESIGN TAX ESTIMATE TO HELP YOU DETERMINE the amount your employer should withhold from your pay so that you meet your 1988 federal tax obligation. The program includes 1988...

Low-cost VGA board provides high and low resolutions; works with most monitors and software applications. (Designer VGA) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Low-Cost VGA Board Provides High and Low Resolutions; Works with Most Monitors and Software Applications THE DESIGNER VGA BOARD EMULATES THE IBM video Graphics Array standard, which provides a 16-color display with 640-by-480-pixel resolution,...

Film recorder makes slides for business presentations; is compatible with popular graphics packages. (Photometric Slidemaker) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Film Recorder Makes Slides for Business Presentations; Is Compatible with Popular Graphics Packages THE PHOTOMETRIC SLIDEMAKER IS A 35MM FILM unit that makes 4,000-by-4,000-line-resolution slides in 1,000 simultaneous colors from your PC. It...

Utility lets volume producers of graphics use high-resolution devices. (Graphx Professional Imaging Solution) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Utility Lets Volume Producers of Graphics Use High-Resolution Devices THE GRAPHX PROFESSIONAL IMAGING SOLUTION IS A set of four software utilities that enable you to produce enhanced graphics from packages such as 1-2-3, Symphony, Freelance...

Low-cost add-on board ups the AT's RAM to 640K; maximizes expanded and extend ed memory. (Tophat II) (product announcement)
July 1, 1988... Low-Cost Add-On Board Ups the AT's RAM to 640K; Maximizes Expanded and Extended Memory THE TOPHAT II PROVIDES THE 128K OF MEMORY NECessary to bring the standard 512K IBM PC AT and compatibles up to 640K of RAM. The Tophat II permits maximum...

A day at the races with 1-2-3. (using Lotus 1-2-3 to calculate) (column)
July 1, 1988... A DAY AT THE RACES WITH 1-2-3 The lates spreadsheet problem to hit our household goes back to January 2, 1988, when something quite amazing happened: I hit a stupendous trifecta. In the ninth race at Aqueduct (New York City's winter...