Lotus articles from June 1991

Lotus archives from June 1991

Is Windows worth it? (one of two contrary essays on the value of Microsoft's Windows 3.0 graphical user interface)
June 1, 1991... Fred, hang up your hair shirt. Windows 3.0 is the renaissance of DOS computing, so why not move out of the dark ages? Unquestionably, a DOS-based machine can perform an impressive array of tasks. For most of us, though, it's more of a...

Introducing LOTUS Videos. (Publisher's Letter)
June 1, 1991... If high tech means ease of use, flexibility, and low cost, then we agree wholeheartedly with Mr. Drucker. These are the things customers say they like about videos. And they are probably the things that made videos the most popular training...

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June 1, 1991... Because of screen-capture problems, the colors in the Freelance Graphics for DOS image in the April @LOTUS column on page 20 are not the actual colors. The correct image appears in the review "Harvard Graphics vs. Freelance," in this issue....

Intel banks on the '486's SX appeal. (Intel Corp.'s 80486SX microprocessor)
June 1, 1991... If the buzz of activity at Comdex/ Spring is any gauge, the PC industry has a new sweetheart: the 486SX microprocessor. IBM, Hewlett-packard, Olivetti, AST Research, and Advanced Logic Research are among a Crowd of manufacturers following...

LANs may yet deliver on their promise; only a lack of applications holds them back. (local area networks)
June 1, 1991... In the climactic scene of the movie True Grit, a portly, patch-eyed John Wayne faces a quartet of villains across an open field and calmly instructs them to surrender. Amused at the Duke's bravado, Robert Duvall, the leader of the desperados,...

Worksheet shortcuts: use atSUM, Range Erase, and the Worksheet Insert commands to shorten tedious tasks. (Start Here ) (tutorial)
June 1, 1991... As your worksheets expand, you'll want to take advantage of the many shortcuts that 1-2-3 provides for oft-performed tasks, such as summing entries, erasing cells, and inserting extra columns and rows. This month we'll expand and edit the...

Loopy macros: when you want a task done repeatedly, don't get bored, get a macro. (1-2-3 Macros) (tutorial)
June 1, 1991... Worksheet tasks are recurrent. why else would anyone write a macro? Repetition is the very raison d'etre of macros, which make recurring jobs easier and less time-consuming. In fact, the more repetition you can hand over to a macro, the less...

1-2-3 for Windows: the real McCoy; at long last, Lotus does Windows right. (Special Report: Lotus Goes Graphical) (includes a related article explaining the Windows graphical user interface) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1991... Now you can really have Microsoft Windows and Lotus 1-2-3, too. 1-2-3 for Windows, scheduled for a Summer release, makes the familiar Lotus spreadsheet a full citizen in the world of Microsoft Windows 3.0. What's more, it's macro-, file-, and...

1-2-3 for Macintosh; Lotus covers a third GUI base with a spreadsheet for the computer that started the graphical revolution. (Special Report: Lotus Goes Graphical) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1991... Lotus Development Corp. is making a full assault in the GUI theater of operating systems. To round out its entries in the graphical-user-interface field-1-2-3 for Windows and 1-2-3/G for OS/2-lotus will release a version of 1-2-3 for the...

Lotus links its Windows programs; Ami Pro, Freelance Graphics, Notes and cc:Mail to share features and interface. (Special Report: Lotus Goes Graphical) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1991... Lotus calls it "Working Together." Microsoft calls it "Information at Your Fingertips." What it means is a long-term product strategy to closely link spreadsheet, word-processing, graphics, and other programs into extended families of...

Managing Windows anxiety: combining 1-2-3 and Windows presents tough choices for corporate leaders. (Special Report: Lotus Goes Graphical) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1991... At United Technologies Corp.'s headquarters, personal-computer users feel caught between a rock and a hard place. The rock is 1-2-3, a firmly established computing standard. The hard place is Microsoft Windows 3.0, which is rapidly emerging...

Windows basics: this quick hands-on tutorial gives you what you need to know to negotiate any Windows application. (Special Report: Lotus Goes Graphical) (Tutorial) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1991... This quick hands-on tutorial gives you what you need to know to negotiate any Windows application. The Windows graphical environment is easy to use, largely because all Windows applications share certain characteristics. They all let...

Throwing open Windows; no matter what your needs, there's probably a Windows application to fill them. (Special Report: Lotus Goes Graphical) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1991... No matter what your needs, there's probably a Windows application to fill them. With a slick new Windows version of 1-2-3 soon to be released, is it time to abandon the character-based world of plain old DOS and embrace the graphical...

Production budgeting: update manufacturing-performance measurement with actual production figures. (tutorial)
June 1, 1991... For the month of May, Avocet Industries planned to build and sell 14,000 of its entry-level network analyzers and realize an operating income of $97,130. The results are now in, and this fictional company has exceeded its goals in both sales...

Harvard Graphics vs. Freelance: the top two presentation-graphics contenders climb into the ring for another round. (Software Review) (Software Publishing Corp.'s Harvard Graphics 3.0, Lotus Development Corp.'s Freelance 4.0) (evaluation)
June 1, 1991... The top two Presentation-graphics contenders climb into the ring for another round. And the winner is... Software Publishing Corp. and Lotus development Corp. have long been rivals in the presentation-graphics arena. With the recent...

Macros, yes. Magic? Not quite; Macro Magic!'s starter macros are helpful but won't have users pulling rabbits out of hats. (Software Review) (AmpliTech Inc.) (evaluation)
June 1, 1991... Macro Magic!'s starter macros are helpful but won't have users pulling rabbits out Of hats. AmpliTech Inc.'s Macro Magic! is like training wheels for fledgling macro writers: You're thankful to have them, but once you become proficient,...

Publish it yourself: Gutenberg had his press. With the newest publishing packages, you can too. (Review of Reviews)(includes a related article which packages are best for special tasks, and an executive summary of leading desktop publishing packages)
June 1, 1991... Gutenberg had his press. With the newest publishing packages, you can too. Since the days of Johannes Gutenberg, publishers have reveled in their ink-stained aprons, weighty type trays, and untidy paste jars. For 500 years the...

3-D Charts to Go! Spectacular graphs for $99.95. (Software Review) (Bloc Publishing) (evaluation)
June 1, 1991... Microsoft Windows 3.0, the graphical user interface that is taking the world by storm, has finally inspired a simple, capable, and inexpensive graphics program. 3-D Charts To Go!, from Bloc Publishing, provides all that anyone could ask from...

Procomm Plus: stays cheap, gets better. (Software Review) (Datastorm Technologies' Procomm Plus 2.0)
June 1, 1991... On its journey from shareware giveaway to software hit, Datastorm Technologies' Procomm has become the most popular communications program around. LOTUS readers gave it an unassailable thumbs-up in last December's Readers' Choice Awards, and...

Geneva Financial Consolidation: models for the New World Order. (Pizzano & Co.)
June 1, 1991... George Bush calls it the new world order. Europeans call it the European Economic Community. You might want to call it just good business. As international trade becomes the new business goal, more and more 1-2-3 users are seeking ways to...

Is Windows worth it? (one of two contrary essays on Microsoft Windows 3.0 graphical user interface)
June 1, 1991... Fred, hang up your hair shirt. Windows 3.0 is the renaissance of DOS computing, so why not move out of the dark ages? Unquestionably, a DOS-based machine can perform an impressive array of tasks. For most of us, though, it's more of a...