Lotus articles from November 1987

Lotus archives from November 1987

(at)Accuracy + (at)elegance = (at) ata. (Staff letter )
November 1, 1987... @ACCURACY + @ELEGANCE = @ATA In a sense, all of us on the editorial staff at LOTUS are technical editors. We all judge, select, and knead into shape written material about technical subjects. Those of us who are called technical editors,...

(at)Lotus. (product announcement)
November 1, 1987... @LOTUS LOTUS ANNOUNCES AGENDA Lotus is finishing work on a new type of software application--a personal information manager. Called agenda, it is a free-form database (there are no records or fields) that helps you organize any...

Letters. (letter to the editor)
November 1, 1987... LETTERS WHAT ABOUT 1A? I use 1-2-3 Release 1A and have no plans to upgrade to Release 2. I look carefully to see if the worksheets and templates will work in Release 1A before I begin to type them in. I am sure there are many Release...

(at)ERR. (correction)
November 1, 1987... @ERR In the June issue, "Troubleshooting Driver Installation" referred to an April Good Ideas item entitled "Reducing the Size of Your Driver Set." This item appeared in the July issue. Polaris Zoo Keeper (Ideas and Trends, August) requires...

Microsoft introduces the Mach 20. (Ideas and Trends)
November 1, 1987... MICROSOFT INTRODUCES THE MACH 20 When Microsoft announced its Mach 20 Performance Enhancement System at the end of August, some people may have wanted to yell "Cork bat!" It seemed like Microsoft was bending the rules--juicing its board to...

CGA, EGA, EEGA, or VGA: which graphics standard is best for you. (Ideas and Trends)
November 1, 1987... CGA, EGA, EEGA, OR VGA September 1984: IBM introduces the Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA), which provides its microcomputers with increased resolution, greater color selection, and more-readable text. The EGA board, with a full complement...

Letter from Tokyo: Toshiba: try to reverse the damage. (Ideas and Trends)
November 1, 1987... LETTER FROM TOKYO With forest fires raging out of control in several western U.S. states in September, firefighters fought to contain the runaway blazes. They did the best they could, hoping and waiting for cooler and wetter weather. ...

Shrinking your data:file compression programs can save up to 80 percent of disk space. (Ideas and Trends)
November 1, 1987... SHRINKING YOUR DATA Who wouldn't want to get more data into the same space? Making things smaller and saving space is, after all, one of the driving forces behind the development of microcomputers. This is exactly what data-compression...

Converting data into video: seeing things we never saw before. (Ideas and Trends)
November 1, 1987... CONVERTING DATA INTO VIDEO Computer graphics are not just pretty pictures any more. "With a two-minute, computer-generated animation, we can now see properties of complex mathematical models that would have taken two months to see with still...

L. William Krause: connecting PCs -forging alliances to make 3Com the leading network supplier. (Ideas and Trends)
November 1, 1987... L. WILLIAM KRAUSE: CONNECTING PCs Local area network enthusiasts have long been predicting the Year of the Network, and L. William Krause, president of 3Com Corp. (Mountain View, Calif.), admits he has made this mistake more than once. But...

What computer can do. (Ideas and Trends)
November 1, 1987... WHAT COMPUTERS CAN DO Since the advent of computers, there's been a lot of talk about where they fit into society, how best to use them, and how they are changing our lives. Tangential to those questions are numerous debates about the...

Moving data into 1-2-3. (Ideas and Trends)
November 1, 1987... MOVING DATA INTO 1-2-3 As more personal computers are being tied into mainframe networks, MIS managers are facing the growing problem of giving access to mainframe databases as well as protecting that data. Good Numbers, from Creative...

For number lovers. (Ideas and Trends)
November 1, 1987... FOR NUMBER LOVERS Gene Essman & Associates (Wheat Ridge, Colo., 303-933-0765) has created the ideal gift for people who love numbers. It's a 10-megabyte numerical database (on 44 floppy disks) containing 2.6 million entries on just about...

Printing equations. (Ideas and Trends)
November 1, 1987... PRINTING EQUATIONS Engineers, scientists, and mathematicians who need to insert complicated mathematical expressions into their favorite word processor should investigate Exact, from Technical Support Software (Brookline, Mass.,...

Building models. (1-2-3 Macros) (column)
November 1, 1987... BUILDING MODELS Magazines and newsletters can be great sources of worksheet models. Many computer-related publications have a "model of the month" feature, or an occasional description of a template worth using. Although some of these models...

Flexible report printing. (For Developers) (column)
November 1, 1987... FLEXIBLE REPORT PRINTING One of my clients wanted to print several reports from a single budget model--at least six or eight variations--and knew he'd need still other reports as time went on. He wanted the main report to consist of the...

Personal calendar. (At Work.) (column)
November 1, 1987... PERSONAL CALENDAR @WORK This worksheet provides a personal calendar for every day of the current year. It keeps track of appointments and anniversaries and even retains information about annual events when you finish out a year and begin a...

Fine-tuning the accounting close. (Accounting) (column)
November 1, 1987... FINE-TUNING THE ACCOUNTING CLOSE When I worked as an accountant, I always seemed to be preparing for, performing, or recovering from the monthly accounting close. Having tightly controlled, standardized procedures for this task helped get the...

Processing monitoring and control, part 1. (Manufacturing) (column)
November 1, 1987... PROCESS MONITORING AND CONTROL, PART 1 In a typical manufacturing facility, an enormous amount of process-control data is recorded every day. Quality-control managers use this data to make important decisions to insure the quality of a...

Journey through DOS, part 2. (MS DOS help)
November 1, 1987... JOURNEY THROUGH DOS, PART 2 The first article in this three-part series, which appeared last month, described how DOS boots up your computer and discussed some of the internal commands found in the DOS COMMAND.COM file. This installment explores...

Installing and using expanding memory.
November 1, 1987... INSTALLING AND USING EXPANDED MEMORY Expanded memory is a means by which you can overcome the 640K memory limitation of IBM PCs and compatibles running under many versions of MS-DOS. Expanded memory was developed so that applications...

A simple family-budget template.
November 1, 1987... A SIMPLE FAMILY-BUDGET TEMPLATE One personal finance task is to build a budget of income and expenses to assess your total income and anticipate where your money will go. Let's assume you've been given the task of developing the budget for...

Your basic recalculation options.
November 1, 1987... YOUR BASIC RECALCULATION OPTIONS Does a blinking Wait indicator signal the start of an unscheduled coffee break or an early lunch? Does attempting to describe the true algebraic relationships between worksheet variables call forward your...

More tips on using Lotus products. (Good Ideas) (column)
November 1, 1987... MORE TIPS ON USING LOTUS PRODUCTS DELETING UNWANTED SPACES IN DATABASES, PART 2 In the March issue, James Fugate described a way to detect unwanted spaces in a database. Another way to do this is to create a three-row...

Making it work -helpful hints for keeping hardware and software on speaking terms. (Hardware Hints) (column)
November 1, 1987... MAKING IT WORK IBM PROPRINTER XL I had trouble printing a spreadsheet that was wider than eight inches. After hours of adjusting print settings in Symphony, I discovered that my printer's DIP switches were set incorrectly. Switch 1...

The Macintosh and PC connection. (Data Transfer) (column)
November 1, 1987... THE MACINTOSH AND PC CONNECTION Despite the fact that MS-DOS machines far outnumber Macintoshes in most offices, it's likely that the Mac's growing acceptance will have some impact on even the truest Blue Computer user. This month's column...

Software: 101 macros for Lotus 1-2-3, 101 macros for Symphony. (Software Review)
November 1, 1987... SOFTWARE: 101 MACROS FOR LOTUS 1-2-3, 101 MACROS FOR SYMPHONY You can save time and simplify complex 1-2-3 or Symphony routines by using macros. However, you might have found learning to create complex macros too tricky or developing them...

Software: see more - Panavision worksheets. (Software Review)
November 1, 1987... SOFTWARE: SEE MORE Several display adapters enable you to obtain a broader view of your worksheet on the screen. See More, a 1-2-3 add-in, is the first product to do this exclusively through software. Unlike a display adapter, See More...

Hardware: Paradise Autoswitch EGA 480 Card, Hercules Incolor Card. (Hardware Review)
November 1, 1987... HARDWARE: PARADISE AUTOSWITCH EGA 480 CARD, HERCULES INCOLOR CARD Higher resolution, an expanded view of the worksheet, and faster screen response are some of the capabilities afforded by a new generation of graphics cards. Teamed with...

Lotus special-interest and users groups. (Listings)
November 1, 1987... LOTUS SPECIAL-INTEREST & USERS GROUPS These groups are open to both beginning and expert users of Lotus products. Meetings combine question-and-answer sessions and presentations. Many of the groups listed here publish monthly newsletters...

Lotus-compatible software products. (Listings)
November 1, 1987... LOTUS-COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS NEW PRODUCTS Cateval Catalyst Services, Rt. 2, Box 231-BA, Shelbyville, KY 40065, 502-722-5615. Evaluates catalyst performance in ammonia plants (also applicable to hydrogen and methanol-synthesis gas...

Books on Lotus products (Listings) (buyers guide)
November 1, 1987... BOOKS ON LOTUS PRODUCTS TUTORIAL 1-2-3 Command Language, by Darien Fenn. Indianapolis: Que Corp., 1986. 560 pp. $19.95; companion disk, $39.95. 1-2-3: The Complete Reference, by Mary Campbell. Berkeley, Calif.:...

IBM PC desktop-publishing products, part 2, and more. (New Products) (product announcement)
November 1, 1987... IBM PC DESKTOP-PUBLISHING PRODUCTS, PART 2, AND MORE TURNKEY DESKTOP-PUBLISHING SYSTEM WITH OCR The Epsilon AT+ Publishing System is an IBM PC- and PC AT-compatible desktop-publishing system that includes a QMS...

The loneliness of the unsupported buyer. (Essay)
November 1, 1987... THE LONELINESS OF THE UNSUPPORTED BUYER IBM's Personal System/2 family certainly titillated the corporate power users with its next-generation technology. For individuals, especially low-powered users like me, it makes a complicated...