[muglo] Re: Excel

Martin Albinger wrote:

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>Eric D. wrote:
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>>I just realised one caveat: there's a reasonable chance that AppleWorks will 
>>not be able to read Excel 4 files!!! It's an old format and quite often old 
>>formats are not widely supported (I've run into problems with Word 4/5, 
>>WordPerfect (any version) and Excel 4 problems before).
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>>Make sure that AW can read Excel 4 files before proceeding with that option.
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>I not sure if it would be a problem. I think the .xls extension 
>tends to translate. If not there is always MacLink Plus!
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Please note that Appleworks 5.04 does not translate Excell without the 
assistance of MacLinkPlus and will only translate to an AW  spreadsheet 
file. The propensity for IBM & many mac users to use spreadsheets for 
database work is simply a throwback from "Lotus" days. Databases can do 
all the mathematical functions of spreadsheets, usually taking up less 
memory & can certainly do more effective sorting & other manipulations. 
Here endeth my rant for the day.
TTFN,
TeeC





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