Brother International WP230B Owners Manual - English - Page 244

Using

Lotus

1-2-3

File

Lotus

®

1-2-3

®

files

can

be

converted

into

Brother

Spreadsheet

files

and

used

on

your

word

processor.

In

addition,

you

can

create

spreadsheet

files

on

your

Brother

word

processor

and

then

convert

them

to

Lotus

®

1-2-3

®

files.

CAUTION:

When

converting

Lotus

1-2-e

files

into

Brother

Spreadsheet

files,

be

sure

to

store

the

files

on

the

root

directory

on

the

diskette.

Your

Brother

word

processor

can

only

read

the

root

directory

of

a

DOS

diskette.

Conversions

to

or

from

ASCII

files

are

carried

out

according

to

the

IBM

PC

Code

given

on

page

299.

For

information

on

code

page

switching,

refer

to

your

DOS

manual

(DOS

command

mode

device

codepage).

The

IBM

PC

code

table

shows

all

characters

that

can

be

correctly

converted.

Characters

that

are

not

included

in

that

table

are

converted

into

blank

spaces.

Your

word

processor

comes

with

a

conversion

program

that

can

be

used

on

a

personal

computer

to

convert

files.

1.

Insert

the

diskette

containing

the

conversion

program

into

the

A

or

B

drive

of

the

PC.

2.

If

necessary,

type

A:

and

press

ENTER

to

display

the

A:>

prompt.

If

the

diskette

is

in

drive

B,

type

B:

and

press

ENTER

to

display

the

B:>.

prompt.

3.

Type

the

conversion

program

name,

SCONV

and

press

ENTER.

The

conversion

program

starts

and

displays

this

message:

Insert

data

disk

and

press

En

ter.

4.

Remove

the

conversion

program

diskette,

insert

a

diskette

in

drive

A,

and

press

RETURN.

The

word

processor

asks

you

to

select

a

conversion

direction.

A:

BROTHER

SPREADSHEET

(.SPR)

->

LOT(

iS

1-2-3

(NM)

B:

LOTUS

1-2-3

(.WK

I)

->

BROTHER

SPREADSHEET

(.SPR)

5.

Type

A

or

B

and

press

ENTER.

A

will

convert

a

Brother

Spreadsheet

file

into

a

Lotus

®

1-2-3

®

file.

B

converts

a

Lotus

®

1-2-3

®

file

into

a

Brother

Spreadsheet

file.

The

word

processor

asks

you

to

enter

the

name

of

the

file

to

convert:

Type

source

filename

and

press

Enter,

6.

Type

the

file

name

(without

extension)

and

press

ENTER.

The

word

processor

asks

you

to

enter

a

name

for

the

converted

file.

Type

new

filename

and

press

Enter.

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