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Article #339Re: Freeware/shareware Win95 spreadsheets?
From: Andrew Hodgson
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 00:00
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If you are looking for one, check out the following sight:- http://www.freewarenow.com -- Toodle pip pip pip, Andrew ****************************************** * Andrew Hodgson * * Bromyard * * Herefordshire * * United Kingdom * * * * Email Address: hodgson@nospam.net * * * * To email me, please change nospam * * in my email address to clara. * * * * Spammers will not be tolerated. * ****************************************** Ian Staples <staplei@planet.ari.dpi.qld.gov.au> wrote in article <EMrMo9.Esp@planet.ari.dpi.qld.gov.au>... : NoMailThanks@FollowupInstead.com (Richard RUDEK) writes: : : >staplei@planet.ari.dpi.qld.gov.au (Ian Staples) wrote: : : >>I'm looking for a good but cheap (free would be nice :) spreadsheet : >>to run under Windows 95. I suppose even an old DOS one could be run : [...] : : >Why not just buy Microsoft Works. It's about $50-$60, and you get a : >WordProcessor, Spreadsheet, Database, etc. In fact, I don't understand why : >many businesses don't buy Works instead of Office - Many will never use : >Office to the extent that justifies it's cost. : : It's one of life's little ironies that in many corporate environments : you're not allowed to adopt a cheaper approach -- you can only do so : "unofficially" which means spending *your* money for *their* benefit. : Hence the need for the cheap*est* solution in many cases. :-) : : Cheers, Ian S. : : P.S. How compatible is the spreadsheet in Works with Lotus .WK1 files : do you know? It would have to be able to import and export them. : (We're really only talking data here, very limited formulae, if any. : But I think we're stuck with the .WK1 format at one end, otherwise just : using CSV files would be an option for transferring stuff to and fro.) : : : -- : : Ian Staples MS-Mail: staplesi@dpi.qld.gov.au : c/- P.O. Box 1054 MAREEBA Phone : +61 (0)70 928 555 Home 924 847 : Queensland Australia 4880 Fax : +61 (0)70 923 593 " " " :
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d683,75e15ef9368a1075 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: f75a7,75e15ef9368a1075 X-Google-Attributes: gidf75a7,public From: "Andrew Hodgson" <hodgson@nospam.net> Subject: Re: Freeware/shareware Win95 spreadsheets? Date: 1998/01/16 Message-ID: <01bd229c$21aa66a0$LocalHost@claranet> X-Deja-AN: 316596638 References: <EMHqHs.3z5@planet.ari.dpi.qld.gov.au> <34b76980.47200985@news.zeta.org.au> <EMrMo9.Esp@planet.ari.dpi.qld.gov.au> Organization: One Claranet LTD Newsgroups: comp.apps.spreadsheets,aus.computers.ibm-pc