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#Pro Calc 2.0

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#110794From: Bill RobertsAug 18, 1993 9:25 PM
I have spent years looking for a reasonable spreadsheet (not good, just reasonable) for the Amiga. I have purchased Superbase (terriable), Analyze! (almost reasonable, actually, pretty good for first generation stuff on a floppy), Maxiplan (so near and yet so far), and finaly Pro Calc 2.0 (at last!). Except for macros, Pro Calc is the best of the lot. Maxiplan does have better macro features. I have not been impressed with the graphic capabilities of any of the spreadsheets, but then, I don't have much need of graphs. Pro Calc has a limited set of statistical functions and financial functions. You can set up a worksheet to calculate the more advaced statistical functions. Of the spreadsheets available for the Amiga, Pro Calc is (IMHO) the best.
#110902From: Wayne ColeAug 20, 1993 1:15 AM
John, I take it 2.0 adds the ability to actually print a sheet? 1.0 never seemed to be able to do that and Gold Disk answer was to import it into ProPage and format it for printing. Bogus solution! Did they add the capability to mark say, first two rows snd first two columns as headers and have them maintained on the screen as the data is shifted left/right/up/down? Are these header row and columns maintainted in the printout so that they are repeated on each page? Can it handle tiling a printout of a sheet that is, sa, two pages wide and two pages high? Can you set up a Title and request the current date to be printed as part of an overal sheet Title line? How about auto page numbering of the output? All these were missing, in operative or had gross bugs in thier operation in 1.0. And as a freind of mine said about ProCalc, "what good is a spreadsheet if you can't get reasonable hardcopy output?" Just curious if I should waste anytime putting ProCalc back on my system or if I ahould just sell it (2.0 upgrade included). wmc – via Autopilot!