John, if you have Quattro Pro, then it's not Microsoft but Corel (or for former versions Borland). The Roger-Helmut spreadsheet is in Microsoft Excel format. It does open in QP8, although the graphics are not correctly handled. On the other hand, Excel can save the folder in different formats, among which the only QP one is ....wq1, corresponding to the veeeeery old version 1 under DOS! It does open in QP8, but as some functions of the Excel did not exist in QP1-DOS, they give errors...
If it helps I can send you the result of this transformation (.wq1) or the .wb3 file created by QP8. Or else, if you tell me what version of QP you have, I can _try_ and make you another 'translation'. Please be aware that such translations are usually far from perfect...! You'll probably have to fiddle a bit! The simplest would be to find somebody around you who does have Excel... which is very common. I take this opportunity to congratulate and thank both Roger and Helmut. Thierry 50.5N 4.3E John Schilke wrote: > > Anselmo wrote, > > First of all, my congratulations to Helmut and Roger for the > > spreadsheet... and for releasing it > > as freeware in these mean ;-) times where everything is under patent laws. > > I heartily agree! Thanks to them! > > One problem, though. I have downloaded the program to disk. I have > both a strong interest in analemmatic dials and also Microsoft Quattro Pro > on Windows 98, but apparently not the appropriate tool to open it up. Can > anyone help? > > Thanks, > John > > - -
