[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Supercalc 1.10 to Lotus transfer

aaron@bbm.UUCP (Aaron Burns) (11/04/89)

Here's a good one for you:

Years ago I created several megs of spreadsheets under Supercalc 1.10, and 
now it's time to move on.  Re-entering the spreadsheets will take days or
weeks.   I would like to move the information into a format that 
Lotus 123 version 2.1 will understand.  Starting from Supercalc 1.10, how
can we do this?  SC 1.10 can't dump into any formats except it's own
and ascii that looks like this:
....
C7      P= C5(IF(B6>2,(B6-2)/10,IF(B6=1,.01,.05))+(B7-1)5/100)
E7      P= LOOKUP(B6,J1:J5)IF(B7=1,1,IF(B7=2,1.3,1.5))C5
H7       = 7
I7       = 50
J7       = 2
K7       = 160
....
where C7 is the cell identifier, P means protected, and the rest is the
contents, either formulas, numbers, or text.

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lightning enthusiasm.  If there's much interest i'll summarize to the 
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lisbon@vpnet.UUCP (Gerry Swetsky) (11/07/89)

In item 2717 aaron@bbm.UUCP [Aaron Burns] says:

> I would like to move the information into a format that 
> Lotus 123 version 2.1 will understand.  Starting from Supercalc 1.10, how
> can we do this?  

    Three suggestions.  
    
    Get ahold of a later version of Supercalc which supports output 
    in 123 format as well as others.  I know version 4 has this because
    I just used that feature to move all my sheets to Excel (a MAN's
    spreadsheet!).
    
    Same thing with 123.  My experience here is limited, however there
    should be some kind of "import" utility.
    
    Get ahold of a third party program which does the conversion.  There
    are several, all commercial unfortunately.
    
> Please reply via e-mail, as my newsfeed junks old postings with 
> lightning enthusiasm.  If there's much interest i'll summarize to the 
> net.

    Believe me, I tried.  Your mail bounced.

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