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Index SuperCalc 2.. • ♦ • 12 This catalog has eight sections Friday!.12 Alphabetical Index Grammatik & Proofreader .... 10 Super Spellguard .7 organized according to what each InfoStar.22-23 SuperWriter. 7 program can do for you. The sec' System Checker..25 Ada. .27 LISP.27 tions are: Bibliography . .10 MailMerge... *.. • 6 ‘Tiny’ Pascal.27 Turbo Pascal .27 1. Word Processing. .28 Microlink II.24 CalcStar . .11 Milestone.lb Utility Pack #1.25 Utility Pack # 2.25 2. + - + x C Compiler . .27 Monitors.29 CP/M Training. .30 Notebook .21 WordStar.4-5 WordStar Training.30 3. File Control. DataStar . .23 Personal Datebook.21 Writers Pack.10 dBASE II. ... 18-19 Personal Pearl. 14-15 dBASE II Training- .30 Plan80.13 4. Programming Tools &. TRADEMARKS: SpellStar, InfoStar, ReportStar, Data- QUICKCODE.20 Utilities. dGRAPH . .20 Star, - MicroPro International; Footnote, Bibliography, Diagnostics II . .24 RATFOR .26 Notebook - Pro/Tem; Plan 80 - Business Planning Systems; Personal Datebook, Milestone - Organic Software; ATI 5. Computer Languages. Disk Doctor. ReportStar.23 Training Power - American Training International; ScratchPad.H QUICKCODE, dGRAPH - Fox & Gelier; dBASE II, Fri¬ Disk Edit. day! - AshtonTate; Grammatik, Proofreader - Aspen Soft¬ 6. Computerized Training Documate .. .10 Spellbinder .8-9 ware; Filefix - Dr. Allan Miller; Spellbinder - Lexisoft; Spellbinder Training.30 Super Spellguard, SuperWriter - Sorcim; Personal Pearl - Courses. Filefix.. .. Pearlsoft; Documate - Orthocode; Writers Pack - Digital Floppy disks. .29 SpellStar.6 Marketing. REGISTERED TRADEMARKS: MailMerge, Floppy disk storage . . . . .29 Stats-graph .25 CalcStar, WordStar - MicroPro; CP/M - Digital Research; 7. Supplies & Accessories SuperCalc - Sorcim. The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Footnote . .10 SuperCalc ..32 Computer. Ready-to-Run and the Add-on logo are .26 SuperCalc Training .30 trademarks of Add-on Software, Inc. 8. Books FORTRAN . © 1983, Add-on Software, Inc.
For toll-free ordering, call 800-345-4300 Page 2 Now your Apple can be more than just fun & games. Add-on dozens of useful, time and money saving programs with your new CP/M operating system. Now you can think of your personal When you Add-on the CP/M Intermediate. computer in a whole, new way. Now it or Z-Card to this miracle can be a complete computer system, These programs are best ready to do things for you that it just couldn’t used by those who have microchip... do before. With the ALS CP/M Card or had at least six months Z-Card, your Apple can have all the same of frequent computer impressive operating capabilities as more ex- experience. pensive computers. Advanced. If you have not yet adapted your personal These programs are best computer to CP/M, you should look into it. used by those who have CP/M (Control Program for Microprocessors) had six months of frequent is a computer operating system. It provides the computer experience and way for your computer to understand and work a serious interest in creat¬ with the programs you want to run on it. Lit¬ A ing their own programs erally thousands of useful programs have been and applications. written for use with CP/M. In fact, CP/M is by far the most popular computer operating sys¬ Your Add-on Software is tem around. Reach/IbRun You can have all this at a mere fraction of “Ready-txvRun ™!” what it would have cost you to buy a dedicated, Add-on Software has taken the has¬ CP/M-based microcomputer. sles out of running your new software on your computer. How to read this catalog* With many other software products, you have to go through a tedious 45 min¬ For your convenience, we have coded ute procedure to “prepare” your new the software in this catalog to let you software to run on your computer. With know just how easy these programs are Add-on Software’s “Ready-to-Run” pro¬ for the beginning, intermediate and ad¬ grams, you can do it in five minutes or vanced computer user. Of course, calling less! And where preparation is neces¬ it a “Beginner’s program doesn’t mean it sary, Add-on’s team of expert program¬ isn’t sophisticated. All the programs in mers have prepared easy, step-by-step this catalog are the very best on the mar¬ instructions displayed on your screen to ket. But a “Beginner’s” program is the make preparing your new software easy easiest and most convenient to operate. and fun. Add-on Software is setting a new Beginner. standard with its “Ready-to-Run” line of These programs are business and personal software for home easily used by those with computers. Just look for the “Ready-to- A tiny microchip much like this one (only much, much smaller) little or no computer Run” stamp beside price listings in this makes it possible for you to enjoy personal computing at home or experience. in your office. Now, with the ALS CP/M Card or Z-Card, you handy catalog. can use your personal computer to run a vast assortment of O powerful programs especially designed to save you time and money. Discover the benefits of CP/M word processing*
ord processing programs make your ■ The computer displays what you type on the quality of your personal work. computer the best typewriter in the screen instead of on paper. What about productivity? world. You do the creative work, and Make corrections on the screen, and the your computer takes care of the rest—correc¬ You produce more work with less effort. Now program fixes line endings for you. Move para¬ tions, line endings, fancy printing, and filing. you can finish those projects and do a better job graphs around, center and underline automat¬ on each one. Word processing programs give CP/M gives you access to the most powerful ically, copy information without retyping, and you the power to do so much more, easily, and word processing programs in microcomputing. save a copy electronically. It takes no time at just right every time. And we’ve got some of the best and most pop¬ all. And when you’re done, print your work ular. Programs with the power of $ 10,000 office without a single error. What else can word processors do for me? machines. Programs with on-screen answers to Many other CP/M programs can work hand- your questions. Programs so easy to learn, you’ll How does it save me time? in-hand with word processing programs. They know the basics in 10 minutes flat. Word processing lets you concentrate on can check your spelling, do indexing and foot¬ Step up to a new level ot productivity— writing, not on typing. Soon you’re turning out notes automatically, and even handle note- CP/M Word Processing! impressive, letter-perfect documents in less time taking. What is word processing.7 than it now takes you to type a first draft. Word processing introduces you to a whole A word processing program turns your com¬ Does it save me money? world of practical computer applications. So puter into a super-typewriter. You type on the Word processors save you the cost of a profes¬ read on and discover the benefits of high-pow¬ keyboard just like on an electric, typewriter. sional typing service, and they increase the ered word processing on your computer.
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Need a personal secretary in your home? Here’s the solution... WordStar: Professional word processing made easy!
To many microcomputer users, WordStar Sample of WordStar Abilities Headings needs little or no introduction. It was the first program to bring the power of Underline professional word processing into the home. Its ability to manipulate words, phrases and pages of text has made it a legend. Now you, too, ^ WordStar has made me have the opportunity to use this powerful, CP/ more efficient. I’m writing my M-based writing tool. thesis, and word wrap, the Beginners now can have professional ability to move text around, and word power with WordStar. onscreen editing really help. WordStar does just about everything short of A powerful program, yj write. Now you can compose everything from a simple memo to the Great American Novel Gary Yoshimura without retyping. Letters, reports, documents, Graduate Student scripts - WordStar meets the demands of any- Los Angeles, Calif. one who writes. And it’s amazingly easy to learn and to use. IPs like having a typist at home, Auto carriage return (“Wordwrap”) day and night!
Throw away your correction fluids and forget The WordStar Manual: cut-and-paste routines. WordStar allows you to All new easy-reading User’s Guide perform all your editing tasks with just a few offers training plus more. keystrokes. Plus you can center, underline, type in bold, superscript and subscript, head- There’s now an all-new user’s guide line, add trailers and footnotes and more! that offers everything a home-user would want to know about WordStar. How can the most powerful word A three-part manual, it offers an ef¬ processing software be so easy? Boldface Change margins Hanging margins Right justified fective and easy-to-read Training Man¬ A few simple commands do most of your Change pitch ual, a handy Reference Guide for more work for you. First, you get on-screen help at all experienced users, and complete, con¬ times. A convenient, easy-to-read menu of cise and clear Installation Instructions. What you see on the screen, available commands remains at the top of the The Training Manual takes you, step- you get on the page. screen as you work. It lists the main commands by-step, through every aspect of so you don’t have to remember them. Whether you’re writing a business proposal WordStar. You’ll be a pro in no time! Need more explanations? Special codes call or a short story, a technical report or an in¬ Organized into five sections, it intro¬ up more command menus listing all of your op¬ voice, what you see on the screen is exactly duces the WordStar method, giving you tions. All you do is pick and choose. Take what what you get when you print. the big picture on word processing. you need and learn new commands when you This is one of the few word processing pro¬ Then it covers how to use menus, how want them. With WordStar, you learn at your grams that organizes the words on the screen to enter and edit text, mark and move own pace. the way they appear on your finished page. It text, and find and replace text. A convenient reference card also lists all the also lets you know when you have reached the As you become more proficient, the commands in common-sense order. And you end of the page and gives you a running page handy Reference Guide will keep you get special stickers for your keyboard to remind count. from having to memorize each and every you of the location of the major command With WordStar, you’ll never be surprised procedure and command. keys. when you call for your printed copy. The Installation Manual is so easy to read and understand that even the novice will soon be aching to customize WordStar to his or her hardware. The Widest Choice of Commands Available Anywhere With the WordStar Manual, you also receive: • A Quick Reference Card, summariz¬ WordStar gives you a wide choice of pro¬ • Italics ing commands. • Superscript, subscript gram commands. Here’s a few: • WordStar KeyTops - keyboard stick- • Accent overprint ons identifying command keys. • Block Move • Center • Block Copy • Change tabs • Find & Replace, with options • Change margins ReadyTbRun 0 WordStar by MicroPro. • Hyphen Help • Change line spacing Order No. WSR. $495.00 • Auto Page Number • Hanging indents • Auto Headings • Word wrap (Manufacturer’s suggested list price.) • Print-out commands: Select character • Auto Footings ReadyTbRun • Justified text pitch, line height file insertion, headers WordStar Training Power • Boldfacing and footers, top and bottom margins, from American Training International • Underlining page length and more. Order No. WST. $75.00 (See page 30 for details.)
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10 simple steps to letter-perfect writing every time.
WordStar is one of the most powerful word processing programs To correct errors, use the function keys at the top of the keyboard to move ever sold. Yet it’s also one of the easiest to begin using. Here’s a the cursor (which shows where you are on the screen) to the error. The 10-step walk-through to prove it. menu says “Delete: - Char.” That means to delete a “character, ” sim¬ ply hold down the CTRL key, and type the letter “G”
To start: WordStar displays the Opening Menu which lists your options. CRTL G AR up screen AC down screen/ / AU Stop
Presto! the letter disappears! This is how WordStrr works: just like a fancy electric type writer, except I’m typing on a sere not editing <« OPENING MEN U > --Preliminary Commands - / — File L Change logged disk drive / To insert the correct letter, F File directory now ON / P PRI r First look under “Com¬ H Set help level / just type it: This is how WordStar works: just like a fancy -Commands to open a file-/ mands to open a file”, and electric typewriter, except on a screen D Open a document file / a (correcting is fun! find: “D Open a docu¬ N Open a non-document file / ment file.” The rest of the word moves out of the way to make room!
To open a file type: To save this paragraph on the memory storage, press the filing commands: A file name is 1-8 letters/digits, a period, and D optional 1-3 character type. File name may be preceded by disk drive letter A-P and colon, CTRL K D otherwise current logged disk is used. K A:SAMPLE PAGE 1 LINE 5 COL 15 IN AK PREFIX AS = delete character AY=delete entry AF END EDIT/SAVE: D = Done edit X=done, eXitj AD = restore character AR = Restore entry AU WordStar explains the To print your file, look back at the “Opening Menu. ” Under “File Com¬ command received and Name of file to edit? mands,” find “P PRINT tells you how to give the a file.” file a name.
To name the file type: cter AY=delete entry AF=File directory I icter AR = Restore entry AU = cancel command I SAMPLE Name of file to edit? _ SAMPLE _ \ Then press RETURN. ■ ■ "... k. '' ■
The main menu: WordStar creates a new file called “SAMPLE” and gives you a blank screen to type on. Well, not entirely blank. The “Main Menu” at the top of the screen ap¬ pears. It shows you the most important commands so you don’t have to To call up the print com¬ memorize them. mand, just enter: r
7 — File Commands- -7 - System Commands / 1 R Run a program / P PRINT a file / X EXIT to system P / / -WordStar Options- / E RENAME a file / 1 Run Starlndex / 0 COPY a file 7 M Run MailMerge / Y DELETE a file / Run SpellStar
SAMPLE
To enter the name of the file to be printed, answer the on-screen To type: Start typing a paragraph at the keyboard. It’s just like typing on prompt. (WordStar always prompts you for the correct information.) a typewriter, with one exception - you DON’T have to listen for the margin bell. Just keep typing. When you reach the right AR up screen AC down screen/ / AU Stop SAMPLE margin, WordStar Name of file to print? - _ automatically returns the This is how WordStrr works: just like a fancy directory of disk A: carriage for you. electric typewriter, except I’m typing on a PROFILE. SUB SAMPLE screen instead of on paper. This is fast! _ And press the RETURN key. No waiting!
directory of disk A: PROFILE.SUB WordStar now prints your paragraph for the first time: just as ybu wrote it, corrections and all!
That’s all there is to word processing. It’s fast, easy, and fun.
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Need personalized form letters? MailMerge creates custom mailings. Business means paperwork: mailings, an- if typed separately, yet it’s done quickly and disk files for convenience when editing. Or swers to business queries, standard con- easily. spread them over several floppy disks. At print tracts and governmental filings. Often Just use WordStar (see page 4) to create two time, MailMerge will assemble them into a the same document is used over and over with files: the form letter, and the name and address consistent document, correctly numbered with a few details changed for each customer, client file with the personalized information. Then headings, footings and common margins. or job. MailMerge combines the two files at print time. MailMerge combines with other software. The same approach can be used for legal MailMerge reduces paperwork. This flexible, Together with DataStar, MailMerge will filings, standard contracts and other docu¬ file-merging program puts computer-power to produce invoices for small businesses. work to fill your business, club or personal ments that need to be letter-perfect, yet vary needs. slightly with each situation. Customized mailings add your Personalize pre-written letters without personal touch. losing time. Do more with MailMerge. With MailMerge you can personalize your Businesses reply to inquiries with pre-writ- 1. Business replies. Assembles a reply mass mailings with names and addresses, ac- ten paragraphs, combined as needed by com¬ tetter from a list of standard count numbers and dates, dollar amounts and puter. Now so can you, with MailMerge’s pow¬ paragraphs. personal touches. Each letter looks as it would erful file-merging capability. Speed up your 2. Legal documents. Inserts variables correspondence without losing detail, accu¬ such as dates, names, and amounts Use MailMerge to send personalized thank-you notes: the racy or personality. into contracts, agreements, bills and special symbol & tells MailMerge where the variable information court filings. will go. Examples: &FIRSTNAME& and &AMOUNT&. 3. Personalized form letters. Gives your MailMerge is a powerful print personal touch to your form letters. 4* Mailing labels. Produced at the press program that really 1. FORM LETTER of a button from your form letter turns my computer files. .DF DATAFILE .RV SALUTATION, FIRSTNAME,LASTNAME,AMOUNT into a workhorse! ^ j 5. Multiple copies. Prints any number of copies, automatically. &FIRSTNAME& &IASTNAME& &ADDRESS& &CITY& 6. Merged print files. Assembles larger documents at print time from con¬ Dear & SALUTATIONS SLASTNAMES: Produce mailing labels quickly, venient smaller files. automatically. Thanks for your contribution of SAMOUNTS to the city 7. Invoices (with DataStar). Use improvement fund. Your civic support is greatly appreciated. MailMerge will select information from your MailMerge as a billing program when latest mailing list file. You can produce mailing Yours truly, combined with DataStar. labels quickly and automatically no matter how often your list changes. You simply choose the MAYOR label format. MailMerge does the rest—with¬ ReadvToRun out wasting your materials, time or money. MailMerge by MicroPro. .pa O Expand your editing capabilities. Order no. MMG.$250.00 Break your book or lengthy article into short (Manufacturer’s suggested list price.)
SpellStar: WordStar’s proofreader checks your spelling automatically.
Nbw you can also Add-on a personal A professional proofreader can cut down on proofreader to your WordStar program. your editing tasks. So if WordStar is your word SpellStar locates spelling and typing processing system, Add-on SpellStar. errors in your text. It’s fast and very accurate. SpellStar uses 20,000 words from the au¬ thoritative American Heritage Dictionary. Plus, you can add words to your own cus¬
tomized dictionary for special uses. SpellStar has flagged the misspellings. Enter
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SuperWriter: the professional word processor that’s as easy to use as a pencil... but faster.
Now you can turn your computer into a SuperWriter can be used for everything from It’s easy to file documents with SuperWriter. professional word processor for busi¬ school reports to technical manuals, from per¬ You don’t have to remember which file is ness and personal use. Write reports, sonal letters to high-volume business corres¬ which just from its code. Use SuperWriter’s statements, letters, proposals, books and what¬ pondence, all with equal ease and accuracy. exclusive Document History feature to keep ever else you need to write. Imagine your correspondence enhanced by track of your documents in detail: author, SuperWriter has all the editing power you the power of SuperWriter! operator, date, date last modified and com¬ need. Yet it’s so easy to use, you can turn out A SuperWriter by Sorcim (Includes Super ments. It’s easy with SuperWriter: perfect work the very first time! Spellguard). G2SM3 Document History Professional print-outs and custom form Order no. SWR .$295.00 letters at the touch of buttons. (Manufacturer’s suggested list price.) Use all the special features of your dot- matrix or letter quality printer to do: You can learn to use SuperWriter SCREEN: • Proportional • Send special code in just 10 minutes! spacing to the printer Document: A: SIMPSON.LTR SuperWriter 1.00 08: 10 Minutes with SuperWriter will • Select the pitch • Print selected pages teach you to create finished, perfect letters Comment: Cover letter-Hall report • Automatic page • Multi-line headers in just ten minutes, even if you’ve never Doc num: 12 Revision #2 numbers • Multi-line footers before used a word processing program! Author: B. Williams Creation date: 08/04/83 • Select margins • Set page size Operator: AA Last mod date: 08/10/83 With this manual’s support, you easily • Select spacing • Set top and bottom learn more sophisticated commands. This • Choose number of margins 150-page User’s Guide also includes an copies • Justify right, left index and the SuperWriter Answer- Have a question? SuperWriter • Draft printing or both Card™ which summarizes commands has the “AnswerKey!” SuperWriter can produce customized form and special keys. And SuperWriter’s No need to memorize long lists of com¬ letters automatically. It will even select out special stick-ons make it easy to re¬ mands. Just press SuperWriter’s AnswerKey (a specific names from your mailing list. member the command keys so you’ll special key on your keyboard) and an Editing is a snap with SuperWriter! never search for special commands again! AnswerScreen instantly appears to explain how to perform any command you wish. It’s You can change your mind and make im¬ much faster than looking it up in the book! provements in seconds. SuperWriter has everything you need to pro¬ Check Spelling AnswerKey duce letter-perfect typing the first time and every time. It’s easy to use. And you can get started in just 10 minutes. Yet it has all the edit¬ Document: A:MARSHALL Document Proof Readi Dictionary: SW.DIC Length: 20,000 words COMMAND-ESC, M and: ing, formatting and printing power of the most B Moves marked block to current cursor location. Currently Proof Reading expensive word processors on the market. I The text is automatically deleted from its old # Words # Words % Words # Words % Words position and inserted at the cursor position. With SuperWriter, you get Super Spellguard. Read Unique Unique Mismatch Mismatch Block markers are removed and the text is re¬ And that’s not all. SuperWriter includes Super 1,931 515 26.7% 12 0.6% justified. Spellguard, one of the leading spelling check¬ Options for Proofing: ESC Returns to the Edit without moving text. ers on the market (regularly $195.00). Plus a -Review Mismatched Words -Quick Review Mismatched Words Press any key to continue. sophisticated merge-print function for turning -Mark All Mismatched Words out customized form letters on command.
Sure, everyone makes mistakes... But when you can’t afford to be wrong, use Super Spellguard.
Find your typos and spelling errors before And to keep you looking good, Super The Facts about Spellguard: anyone else does. In just 8 key strokes, Spellguard checks itself for those rare program • 20,000 word dictionary. you command Super Spellguard to search problems. And, if we ever find a way to make • Checks up to 10 pages in 39 seconds: through your text and check for errors. Super Spellguard even better, you’ll be able to that’s as many as 15 ^2 pages per minute. Super Spellguard checks up to 20 pages in add the improvements at home - with our easy, If you use any of these word processing the time it takes most people to type 70 words. fool-proof instructions. programs, you may want Super With its 20,000 word dictionary, it doesn’t Spellguard... miss many mistakes. Starts Spellguard • WordStar You can tailor Super Spellguard to • Spellbinder fit your needs exactly: SP ERRORS • Wordmaster • Beginner or expert level. • Easy Writer (Version 1.1 or more recent.) • Add new words (even specialized jargon). • Change error-marking character. Super Spellguard by Sorcim [||S^0®| • Combine dictionaries. Order No. SSG .. $195.00 • And much more. Tells it which file to check Press M to mark the error (Manufacturer’s suggested list price.)
Page 7 New! Flexible word processing & data management in a single program. Spellbinder: The office management system that processes words and much more. Now you can write documents, sort mailing lists, print in two-column for¬ How to get product support mat, create blank forms, handle math when you need it. functions, even write checks - all without leav¬ ing this one program. Call anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Pacific time), Monday through No wonder they call Spellbinder, “the word Friday. You’ll get the direct, courteous processing and office management system.” help you need on the spot from our soft¬ ware experts. Spellbinder offers all the word powers you’d expect from a full-featured, word processor. a if you have not yet adapted your • Type, edit, correct, rearrange text. personal computer to CP/M, you • Full cursor movement, tabs, margins. should look into it. f f • Full block movement plus column movement. • Multi-line headers and footers. Plus Spellbinder offers you data Spellbinder brings out • Help messages suit your level of expertise management power and flexibility the best in your printer. anckmake learning easy. through these special features: Finally, letter-quality precision printers can • Merge standard paragraphs to produce • Automatic line numbering keeps your forms be used to their fullest. Spellbinder handles customized form letters. and reports organized and accessible. typographic-quality printers, but even on stan¬ • Decimal tabs, reformatting, margin dard printers, it will: changes, block indentation offer you • Save complex page formats for future use, sophisticated word processing alternatives. and save time and energy. • Print to Screen to see exactly how it will • Forms fill-in just like a look when printed. You save time and paper! database! • Define special function keys L 001 C001 *W0RD* Spellbinder corrects all your misspelled words and typos! y yourself. Create your own record management procedures. The Spellbinder manual makes word processing easy.
*The Spellbinder Made Easy manual will introduce you to the SPELLBINDER word processing program. It is designed for people who have never used a word processor, and provides step-by-step instruc¬ tions on how to create and edit text, how to perform basic disk and printing operations, and how to use special functions and applications.
insert (*E) indent (*Y) cursor (*H*J*K*L*S) clear (*C) mode change (Ao) forw(*f) back(*b) delt(*d) enhance(*u) COMMANDCQ) 2nd SET (ESC)
Centers copy
How do you spell this ? Spellbinder knows.
This isn’t one word, but Spellbinder can tell!
Change copy width at the touch of a few buttons.
Enter this word in Spellbinder's custom dictionary and catch typos forever after.
Spellbinder justifies text any time.
' Tell Spellbinder to flag sentences over 25 words (or whatever length you choose) so you dec id1 what length is just right
If you tell Spellbinder not to allow paragraphs over six lines long (or whatever length you desire), it will flag the ones th.it run over.
Make rough drafts like this one letter-perfect before they are typed with Spellbinder. A ml Spellbhuler's file merging features mean you can also create blink forms, hnulle math and even write checks!
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See how Spellbinder’s sophisticated word processing and file management features can increase your efficiency.
• Print in two columns. • Provide “true” proportional spacing (when Electric Webster: Spellbinder’s new built-in available on printer). • Line up columns of numbers, even with spelling and grammer checker. proportional spacing and right justification. A proofreader and error-correction pro¬ word for you and permits you to check the dic¬ • Handle multiple-nested super- and gram, Electric Webster uses its built-in tionary with backward and forward scrolling. It subscripts. 50,000 word dictionary, plus the also allows you to guess at the correct spelling • Allow “batch printing” that prints several words and phrases you program into its mem¬ then checks to see if your guess is right. files in a row, even while you’re gone. ory, to check your copy for spelling and typog¬ Corrects all your errors for you. raphical errors. Merging form letters is automatic. Once you’ve located your error, Electric Electric Webster also includes a special So is blank form fill-in. Webster will correct it everywhere it appears in Grammatical Checking Feature that finds sim¬ your text. You just sit back and relax. • Merge your mailing list and your form letter ple grammatical and composition errors while to create customized, personalized letters in it reviews your spelling. It locates double nega¬ Hyphenation is easy with Electric Webster. no time at all. tives, wordy phrases and common misuses of Electric Webster’s optional hyphenation • Create forms on the screen. many words. And it suggests a simple correc¬ feature fills the document with discretionary File Management? tion for the problems it finds. hyphens so that end-of-the-line hyphenation is Spellbinder does that too! Electric Webster is fast. fully automatic. • Sort you mailing list in alphabetical or zip Efficient and compact, Electric Webster can code order. proofread a two-page document in as little as 30 EeadvTbRun • Sort and print your records in any way you seconds (or a 100-pages in as few as six min¬ Spellbinder by Lexisoft. want. utes). Its huge dictionary is compressed so it re¬ Order No. SBR.$395.00 • Maintain lists easily. NO need for an extra quires amazingly little memory (only 115,000 (Manufacturer’s special list price.) record-keeping program. bytes of disk storage). Because the words you add are compressed the same way, dictionary Spellbinder has sophisticated macro © Spellbinders Training Power from American expansion potential is nearly unlimited. commands for advanced computerists. Training International. Order No. SBT. $75.00 • Create custom help menus for repetitive This proofreader works with you. (See page 30 for details.) ReadylbRun forms fill-in. Electric Webster looks up the spelling of a • Perform elaborate formatting and processing of multiple files in a single keystroke. With the Spell¬ binder program • Define keys as macro-command keys have trained two secretaries comes a handy as needed. on this system, neither of whom manual for begin¬ • Include mathematical functions: column ners and experts. had ever worked with a and row additions, fixed point arithmetic to 16 digits. microcomputer before, and both were able to produce strictly professional material. We cannot speak highly enough of Spellbinder is amazingly easy to learn, this software. . .» thanks to two special manuals. Personal Computer World There are two Spellbinder manuals: London, England One especially for the complete and total beginner. If you’ve never tried a word processor before, relax. The “Spellbinder Made Easy” manual makes learning to use this powerful program as easy as learning to use a typewriter. Don’t settle for a less powerful (and use¬ ful) word processor just because you’re new to it all! You also get a manual for the expert and the adventurous advanced user, who will learn how to program with macros, print double column, handle propor¬ tional spacing, and perform printer in¬ terfacing . Spellbinder has great powers, yet it’s so well organized that the program is truly easy to learn, easy to use, and easy to remember.
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Solve your sophisticated writing problems with Writer’s Pack: it’s like having an English teacher in a box.
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Projected sales. Projected Inventories. With Plan80, you can You can add sales to Screen C build models reflecting production, calculate the SAMPLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY projected sales by region balance in units and then Forecast Cost of Goods Sold and Inventories 1 and then summarize... calculate dollar value at Summary of All Products standard cost of sales, Product A production and inventory Millions of Pounds balances. *Unit Sales 620 750 660 Unit Production 800 720 690
Administrative Expense. Financial Statements
You can build budgets You can combine calcu¬ SAMPLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY Projected Financial Statements As of April 1, 1988 by cost center and then lated sales, standard cost, (Millions. . SAMPLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY summarize... Forecast Administrative Expense as of April 1 administrative expenses SAMPLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY Summary of Administration Cost Centers and inventory value with Projected Financial Rtat.rn.nt. As of Sn.il (Millions EXPENSE $(000( $(000) $(000) other projected income, Salaries 162.0 165.7 168.2 statement and balance SAMPLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY Projected Financial Statements As of April 1. 1988 Fringe Benefits 48.6 49.7 50.5 sheet values, and prepare (Millions of Dollars) Overtime 14.3 14.9 12.8 financial statements. Supplies 12.1 11.4 12.3 CASH FLOW STATMENT
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If your file drawers are bursting and you can eus, English-style program-building language never seem to find the right folder in the allows you to sort, edit or display data directly right file; if you need to constantly cross- from the keyboard. Or you can write menus to dBASE II offers you a “plain-talk” reference, cross-file and cross-index information support your own customized information manual that makes information - invoices, notes, sales histories, anything; if management system. management quick and easy. you want your information organized and avail¬ Retrieve the information you need anytime. dBASE II’s 110-page tutorial shows able in a matter of seconds, then you just may You can create exactly the information mam you how to use dBASE II right now. It need dBASE II - the information management agement system you need because dBASE II does was written by someone just learning the system for your personal computer. more than just organize. It lets you build an en¬ system and reviewed by experts so you Organize your home or business. tire program around your specific information. won’t find any technical jargon or diffi¬ dBASE II keeps all your information as close It provides you with a built-in language so cult concepts. as your keyboard. It gives you computer accu¬ you can acutally program your computer to What you will find is plain talk on racy and flexibility without large computer serve your special needs. You can retrieve the using dBASE II to make your work run price tags. information you need without the complexities more smoothly. Some 100,000 businesses now use dBASE II and headaches of learning a computer lan¬ When you need an answer fast, for constructing and manipulating information guage. In fact, with dBASE II, you eliminate dBASE II’s 160-page reference guide has files filled with numbers and words. Its easy-to- nearly 80% of the time-consuming task of writ¬ it. Well written, it will expand your ing screens and menus. understanding of this powerful system. Set-up Operations What you can do with dBASE II. 1 There are thousands of applications for "Summary ml a dBASE II. It is frequently used for mailing lists, information management you need at home or 1 accounting, inventory and checkbook balanc¬ in the office. dBASE II lets you work at the m Sr Operations ing. It has many more specific uses, too. The data level so that you make your changes with¬ out working in a language, without entering the i medical, dental and legal professions, for ex¬ Batch File ample, use dBASE II to manage their volumi¬ complex and time-consuming world of basic computer programming. * nous files. A doctor might use dBASE II to help Posting Yet, dBASE II allows you to sort your file by Operations him turn one file into: ill • A billing system. rearranging all the information you need. Or • A patient profile. you can save space by indexing the file to find • An appointment book. your information fast. And because dBASE II allows you to rapidly reorganize the format of r Report your files, you can make unforeseen queries and Generators With dBASE II, you always have the answer. i Because dBASE II can quickly reorganize reports. your files around the information you need - Now managing information is fast and easy name, date, description, account balance, and for beginners, too. Data flow diagram for the legal cost accounting system. so on - you can use it to do virtually any kind of It’s easier and quicker to work with dBASE II than other data management systems because much of the managing of data files, screen hand¬ ling and reporting is handled internally. This makes it easy for beginners to get started using dBASE II productively. And experienced com¬ puter buffs can save significant time! Now you can show others what you know with dBASE IPs custom reports. dBASE II helps you design custom reports and makes all your numbers count. You decide on how your want your report to look - con¬ tents, totals, subtotals, page headings, page formats, etc. And you design your own mathematical formulas, including: arithmetic (+ — / *); relationship decisions (= = = =); and Boolean operators (NOT...AND...OR, for conditional situations.) A dBASE II by AshtonTate ReadVIbRun Order no. DB2.$700.00 (Manufacturer’s suggested list price.) o dBASE II Training Power by American Train¬ ing International | ReadVIbRun Order no. D2T. $75.00 (Manufacturer’s suggested list price.)
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Here are just some of the things you can do with dBASE II.
BYTE magazine chose dBASE II over more expensive programs, A doctor might use dBASE II to help him turn one file into three: saying.. . • An appointment book. .
** . . . the dBASE II programming Date Time Name Phone 11/8/83 8:00 Brown, Joe 223-3343 language is flexible enough to 11/8/83 8:15 Graves, Peter 443-4432 accomplish almost any application, yy 11/8/83 8:45 Long,Jane 433-4404 11/8/83 9:00 Iver, Joann 433-0050 11/8/83 9:30 Frank, Frank 440-9087
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“Can you find Pauls medical record? We saw him last week...” Doctor: Fred Jamison A billing system. Name: Morgan, Paul Balance Due: $40.00 Address: 134 Piedmont Ave City: Berkeley State: CA ZIP: 94704 Phone:(401)333-7786 Next Appointment: 11/8/83 Time: 1:00 Last Appointment: 10/10/83 Diagnosis: Asian Flu
‘Which of our employees live in Oakland, California?” Jones, Bill Oakland Records A patient profile. Mark, Stella Oakland Accounting Scully, Caitlin Oakland President ■ Diagnosis Date Name
■ Asian Flu 10/6/83 Ford H Asian Flu 10/10/83 Allen “Is there a book with the ■ Asian Flu 11/1/83 Lane word ‘light’, in the title by Arthritis 8/5/83 Brown ■ Arthritis 11/6/83 Kane someone named, John G. ?” Gardener, John October Light
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dBASE II holds a lot of information. • up to 65,535 records per file. • 1,000 characters per record. • 32 fields per record. Imagine how long it would take you to do it by hand...
• 3 seconds to find one record in a 1,000'record file. • 3 minutes to find 50 records in a 1,000'record file.
Page 19 dGRAPH: The dBASE II graphics system that brings your facts and figures to life. User manual for beginners and for ive your data impact. Choose your parameters and display types, G programmers. dGRAPH is the graphics system for and define your formats. Choose the level of bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts and detail you want: dGRAPH’s special “Auto¬ The dGRAPH manual includes a practical, hands-on Beginner’s Guide. An on-screen “help more. It combines simple and automatic opera- graph” routine does the rest. No wonder they menu” tells you where to find required infor¬ tion and works well with data created by other call dGRAPH “the dBASE II graphics query mation in the manual. A chapter for program¬ programs like BASIC data files. It offers you language.” mers shows how to interface with specialized visual power for persuasive presentations and Compatible with other programs. printing equipment. clear-cut decision-making. Although dGRAPH is specially designed to enhance the power of dBASE II, it can also be So if your information must be seen to be Graphics at your fingertips. integrated into your word processing or other believed, try dGRAPH. You and your business dGRAPH puts graphic display at your program. You can easily enter data yourself or associates will be pleased with its persuasive fingertips. It’s simple. All you do is assign vari¬ access data from other programs and languages. and informative results. ables and labels from your existing dBASE II Depending on your printer’s capabilities, files, following dGRAPH’s step-sy-step on¬ dGRAPH provides up to 12 shade intensities for A dGRAPH by Fox &. Geller screen menus. dGRAPH even pulls out data professional results. That means your charts Order no. DGF.$295.00 field names automatically. will have maximum clarity and visual impact. (Manufacturer’s suggested list price.)
Use dGRAPH’s line chart to track Compare cost centers in your sales versus cost, or income versus business with dGRAPH’s pie chart. PIE CHART expense.
Mix the advantages of pie and bar Evaluate related quantities over time chart tracking with dGRAPH’s at a single glance with dGRAPH’s unique piebar chart. bar chart. iDlBirwCZBMII M- 3jjiIjgjBp BIB 11
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Microcomputer consultant introduces business professionals to the benefits and uses of dBASE II.
Using dBASE II Organized as a working manual and refer' p. 250 ence guide, Using dBASE II is written for the by Carl Townsend relatively inexperienced computer user who This manual for business professionals is wants to learn, quickly and easily, how to use written in a clear, nontechnical style. dBASE II, the powerful database management It introduces installation, file organic software package from AshtonTate. The book zation, records and databases as well as other contains a wealth of programming examples advanced topics. and techniques which can solve a wide variety of business problems. ' ■ - Carl Townsend is a microcomputer consul' '£ ^ <■/- : CONTENTS yyyymmLix, i tant with over 20 years of experience. He holds Preface — Introduction to dBASE II a MS degree in electrical em Installing and Running dBASE II 355;;-^ . . Files, Records, and Databases gineering from George : -"-Sic: : Introduction to Programming User The System Design Washington University and has Designing the Menus Adding to a Database worked with a number of corpora' ■ Chapter 8 Editing a Database 3SSWK5 . Chapter 9 Transaction-Based Processing tions, including IBM. He has also ■ Chapter 10 Creating Reports With dBASE II Chapter 11 Application written five microcomputer Chapter 12 File Management Chapter 13 Using dBASE II With Foreign Fife' Program books and a number of articles on and Application Programs Chapter 14 Using dBASE II as a Network-Type the use of computers. v-!-v;^ Ml Database Management System Chapter IS Query Methods With dBASE II * Chapter 16 Debugging Programs With dBASE II Using dBASE II Chapter 17 dBASE II Utilities Database ;' "T ' / ^ ■ Chapter 18 From Development to Production Order no. UD2. $18.95 Appendix A Manager Appendix B Bibliography (Publisher’s suggested list price.) Appendix C Product Directory Appendix D Appendix E
Appendix G Appendix H Commands and Functions Database “Using dBASE II” helps you leam to customize your dBASE II programs Learn dBASE II installation, file, record and database quickly and easily. management with this clear, non-technical guide.
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Page 21 File control
InfoStar: The time-efficient cure for business file management ills. If you run a business, you’ve probably stored Protect against errors. use Rgen’s format, you can print a report in information in files. Then you organized Formgen helps you fill in your form correctly. minutes. the information within each file. You used Just tell it the kind of information each blank Design custom reports. the same format for each record and you kept should contain. Letters for names. Numbers With Redit, you can create reports to suit the records in some logical order. Good orga¬ for dates. You can have information entered your business needs. It lets you custom-design nization helped you quickly retrieve informa¬ twice for accuracy. Or specify calculations. Even a report on your computer screen. You decide tion when you needed it—for reports, state¬ pull information from other files automatically. what information to use, when to use it and ments, mailings. Store and retrieve information. where to place it. Once the report looks exactly Now, with InfoStar you can design forms, Use the DataStar program to enter informa¬ right, it’s ready to print. Consider some of the enter and retrieve information, sort records, tion on your form. As you fill in the blanks, it possibilities: and design reports in minutes instead of hours. will check for errors. Then store the completed • Use all or part of a file. Design forms. form in a file. (Once the information has been • Use information from different files. With the Formgen program, you design a stored, it’s called a “record”.) Later, you can • Automatically update files. form for the information you’ll put in a file. again use DataStar to find, modify, erase or • Enhance the appearance of your report with Your form can be small or large—up to three print out a record in seconds. boldfacing, underlining and different print pages wide and several pages long. So you can Sort records fast. copy the paper form you’re now using. Use FormSort to keep your records in order, any order. Sort by letter or number, taking A secretary-file clerk at home, File management many “fields” into account. And it’s fast. day & night. getting you down? FormSort can sort up to 1376 records per InfoStar is like having an office manager, a minute! secretary and a file clerk at work in your home, Produce quick reports. day and night. Try InfoStar and see how much When you need a report immediately, the you and your business associates appreciate the Quick Report program Rgen can produce it for results. They’ll enjoy the professional quality you. Just tell Rgen what file to use, what infor¬ and accuracy of your reporting. And they’ll mation to print and what tallies to keep. (Rgen notice your quick, well-informed replies. You’ll can produce totals, averages and more.) If you enjoy all the time and energy you’ll save.
InfoStar features make file management a breeze InfoStar’s easy to learn and use. 6. It can produce a < 1. InfoStar doesn’t require you to learn a 60 seconds, programming language. 7. It even updates 2. The illustrated training guide shows save you time. you how to design forms, store and Use InfoStar with o retrieve data, and create reports step including* by step. 3. Commands appear in English on the 8. WordStarword-f computer screen. reports in Word5 4. If you’re confused about a command, 9. CalcStar electri InfoStar can provide on-screen help. might compare InfoStar even refers you to a specific penses with a< page of the reference manual for fur- example.
InfoStar’s fast. Suggested uses. 5. InfoStar can sort information as fast as 10. Accounting sy: any other information management able, accounts r< system. ledger.
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Design forms. Design a custom report. Suppose you want to transfer the information from your address book to With Redit you can combine information from your address file with a computer file. First, use Formgen to design a form on the computer data from other files to make reports. Here’s an example: screen. In this example, our form will have “fields” for NAME, AD' DRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIPCODE and PHONE. You can also tell Form' gen about the information in each field. For example, specify that NAME STEPHENSON PHOTO, INC. Invoice contains letters, and PHONE contains numbers. InfoStar can then check for errors when you enter data. Anderson, John Customer #10101 m mm hbhi 1024 Welch Rd. Palo Alto CA 94303 ■ NAME: ■ ADDRESS: CITY: Order # 03402 02/05/83 ■ STATE: ZIPCODE: 1 77-008 Canon Sure Shot © 115.00 115.00 ■ PHONE: 10 99-003 Kodacolor II 36 exp © 3.18 31.80 1 1 Nikon 28mm 2.8AI lens © 179.95 179.95 Tax 9. 35 1 Total this order 336.10
Store and retrieve information. Now use DataStar to enter information on the address form. Type in a name, address, city, state, zipcode and phone number. If you make a ^ ^ InfoStar... includes some of mistake (by typing a number in the NAME field, for example), InfoStar the best documentation and will tell you. When you’re done, store the completed form in your name' and'address file. new features produced by the company [MicroPro] to date. ) ) What if someone moves? r No problem, DataStar can InfoWorld, NAME: Anderson, Andy also modify or erase infon Vol5No. 33, August 15, 1983. ADDRESS: 1024 Welch Rd. mation in seconds. CITY: Los Angeles STATE: CA ZIPCODE: 90010 PHONE: 322-5178 InfoStar is like having a secretary and a file clerk at work, day and night. You and your business associates will appreciate the professional results.
Find records fast. Suppose you’ve copied all the information from your address book to the DataStar file. Now you want to find a person with the PHONE 493' 2225. DataStar shows you a blank form and you just type in the phone number. Instantly the complete record appears on screen.
Sort records fast. You’ll probably want to organize the records in your address file alpha' betically by name. First use Formgen to choose NAME as the “key”. Then run FormSort to reorder the file in seconds.
Produce a quick report. It’s easy to create a mailing list from your address file. Simply tell Rgen the file name, and what “fields” to use (NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, and ZIPCODE). Then press a few keys to see a printed report, listing all the names and addresses in your file.
MAILING LIST 09/23 / 83
name address CITY STATE ZIPCODE Adams, Joe 32 Old Mi 11 Rd. Woodside CA 95252 Anderson, John 1024 Welch Rd. Palo Alto CA 94303 Bates, Robert 16 Stanford Ave . Palo A1to CA 94305 Cook, Jane 744 Webster St. Los Gatos CA 95125
Page 23 Programming tools & utilities
New tools and utilities for your personal computer! Create and modify your own software with these useful programs.
ow you can create and modify your own software on your personal computer, quickly and easily.
Build your own software faster, easier with personal programming tools. If you create software, you know the prob¬ lems you face: uncommon bugs, poorly written codes and slow program execution can slow you down and cause endless frustration. You can do much, much more with your; programs if you have the right tools. Well- designed programming fools make building your own program faster and easier. Some tools, for example, allow you to clean up your pro¬ gram listings. Other tools allow you to design operation menus and screen displays with all the logic and efficiency of a professional programmer.
It pays to take care of your own computer system. Your computer is important and so is your data. It’s worth it to take the time to keep both in the best shape possible. With the new pro¬ gramming utilities available tor your personal computer, you can now keep your hardware and software reliable and trouble-free, easily and
Programming utilities are small programs that you can use with your existing programs to locate and correct specific software and hard¬ ware failures. For example. System Checker and Diagnostics will quickly test the major components of your computer. They’ll confirm that everything is working properly or identity problems that need attention. The best took & utilities for your personal computer programming needs.
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Page 24 Programming tools & utilities
Now you can see your A programmer’s kitbag of general routines. statistics with Stats-graph. If you write your own progams, Utility Pack 1 can make your life much easier. With on-screen instructions to guide you, Stats-graph • Three separate string search routines. — XXX quickly produces displays that • A program to identify the differences 200 # XXX ■ — XXX give your data dramatic visual im¬ between nearly identical files. — , XXX pact. • Word and line count routines. — XXX Stats-graph can produce pie • A check-sum program, an archiver for — XXX XXX charts, bar graphs and scatter packing old files for storage, and a shell 150 # XXX XXX — graphs that make it easy to see sorting program. XXX XXX _ XXX XXX what your data really means. ■ _ XXX XXX ReadvTbRun ! Utility Pack 1 by SuperSoft — . XXX XXX XXX Order no. UP 1 . $60.00 100 # XXX XXX XXX (Manufacturer’s suggested list price.) — XXX XXX XXX H0R. = year , — ■ XXX XXX XXX Stats-graph by SuperSoft VER. = net earnings — " XXX XXX XXX Order no. SGF .$200.00 (in thousands) — XXX XXX XXX A convenient system 50 #+■+ + + + + +#+ + +#+ + - (Manufacturer’s suggested list price.) development routine. 1975 1976 1977 1978 O ReadyToRun Here’s another set of programming aids, many SCATTER PLOT with I/O redirection to console or printer: BAR GRAPH A • Multi-file search and replace. T PIE GRAPH (WITH REGRESSION LINE) • A file difference routine. • A “pause” routine for batch processing. • A file cataloger. • A special file directory print formatter with dating. • A program that splits up long files. • And a “desk calculator” program with 13-digit precision.
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Page 26 For toll-free ordering, call 800-345-4300 Computer languages
Turbo Pascal: the high-performance language for the student or professional.
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Now you can execute your programs around pile the compiler or any of the Pascal system CCompiler is the modern systems program¬ 25 times faster than with a normal BASIC programs can do so just as if it were any other ming language used to write the UNIX interpreter. Plus you can have the power to program. operating system. Versatile, compact, easy-to- modify, enhance or change the compiler to fit Tiny Pascal combines the power and flexi¬ learn and machine-independent, C makes tough your specific programming needs. That means bility of Pascal with ease of use and efficiency. programming jobs easier. you can add features to your own programs and Acutally, the fact is that Tiny Pascal is not very Because of a built-in optimizer program, ensure that they will run even faster and more “tiny” at all. At least a 36K CP/M system is re¬ compiled C programs run nearly as fast as those efficiently. quired to run Tiny Pascal. written directly in assembly. 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That’s Lisp (“List Processor”) is the language for Named for the first computer programmer, why Tiny Pascal programs execute so much 4 artificial intelligence applications. Pro¬ Augusta Ada Byron, daughter of poet Lord faster than your BASIC interpreter. gram your own robot, adventure game, or com¬ Byron, Ada is the new programming language Add the program features you really need. puter psychiatrist. Explore the possibilities of now required on all U.S. Defense Department For many users, the most exciting aspect of machine intelligence. projects. Tiny Pascal is the flexibility it allows them. Be¬ You can even write your own language be¬ Ada is a structured, sophisticated, compiled cause it provides every line of source code cause Lisp is infinitely expandable and can alter language similar to Pascal. SuperSoft’s Ada is a needed to compile the compiler, it gives you itself. 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SuperCalc is the popular CP/M spread' ter of seconds. sheet program that’s so easy to use, you Easy, fast, flexible. Your family will love it. can work almost by instinct. It’s single This program is so easy, fast and flexible that Features of SuperCalc. command feature takes the laborious repetb it’s perfect for personal as well as home business 1. Performs calculations in seconds. tions out of worksheet accounting. use. Balance your checkbook or the family 2. Recalculates instantly when you Saves you time, energy. budget. Track how much you owe or how much change values. All you do is type in numbers, labels, for' equity you own in your home. And there are 3. Organizes and prints your worksheet mulas and short instructions. scores of other creative applications. So plan to accurately, neatly and quickly. SuperCalc does the rest. Its advanced pro- share SuperCalc with the other members of 4. Moves, repeats, deletes, and lines up gramming performs calculations in just a mat' your family. rows and columns with a single keystroke. 5. Offers different column widths so you Make struggling with spreadsheets a thing of the past. With SuperCalc, business and family financial tracking and planning is fast and easy. can fit in lengthy titles. 6. Protects numbers you specify against accidental change or deletion. 7. Built'in math functions from arithmetic and square roots through logarithms and trig, to Net Present Value and Lookup Tables.
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