

However, Microsoft Excel uses different calculation rules than Lotus 1-2-3 when evaluating text in formulas, certain database criteria, and the value of certain logical operators. Make your settings, as desired, then close the Options dialog box. Many Lotus 1-2-3 functions have Microsoft Excel equivalents. This option should not be selected if you don't plan on saving the spreadsheet in Excel format. If this check box is selected, then formulas entered in Lotus 1-2-3 version 2.2 syntax are converted to Excel syntax. Specifically, with this option selected Excel evaluates text strings as 0 (zero), Boolean expressions as 0 or 1, and database criteria according to the rules used in Lotus 1-2-3. Originally Lotus SmartSuite is 32-bit software.
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Based on the formulas in the 1-2-3 file, if this option isn't checked, then you might lose some data or some formulas won't calculate the same in Excel as they would have in Lotus 1-2-3. Despite its popularity, Lotus SmartSuite was no match for Microsoft Office Suite, LibreOffice, and other popular word processing software. When checked, this option causes Excel to open and evaluate 1-2-3 files without losing or changing information. Notice the two options under Sheet Options these are what you need to work with: The simplest way to bring data into a model is to use a function to read the data directly from a Microsoft Excel or Lotus 123 spreadsheet or similar. Make sure the Transition tab is displayed. Lotus 1-2-3, first sold by the Lotus Development Corporation in 1982.

I just downloaded Service pack 3 for XP and now am unable to open them. Microsoft Excel, spreadsheet application launched in 1985 by the Microsoft. The Transition tab of the Options dialog box. I often receive Lotus 123 files and have opened them with Excel without problem. (See Figure 1.) Choose Options from the Tools menu to display this dialog box.įigure 1. These settings are available from the Options dialog box. If you have some old 1-2-3 files and you want to make sure that they are treated, in Excel, according to Lotus 1-2-3 "rules," there are a couple of settings you need to pay attention to. One that it will open is spreadsheets originally created in Lotus 1-2-3. You probably already know that Excel will easily open a wide variety of spreadsheets stored in other formats.
