Brother International WP1700MDS Owners Manual - English - Page 233

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

unit

and

then

convert

them

into

Lotus

®

1-2-3

®

files.

WARNING:

When

converting

Lotus

1-2-3®

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

page

437.

For

details

about

code

page

switching,

refer

to

your

DOS

man-

ual

(DOS

command

mode

device

codepage).

A

table

on

page

XXX

shows

all

characters

that

can

be

correctly

converted,

Characters

which

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

per-

sonal

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

the

Enter

key

to

display

the

"A:>"

prompt.

If

the

diskette

is

in

drive

"B",

type

"B:"

and

press

the

Enter

key

to

display

the

"B:>"

prompt.

3.

Type

the

conversion

program

name,

"SCONV"

and

press

the

Enter

key.

The

conversion

program

starts

and

displays

this

message:

Insert

data

disk

and

press

Enter.

4.

Remove

the

conversion

program

diskette,

insert

a

data

diskette

in

drive

A,

and

press

the

Enter

key.

The

word

processor

asks

you

to

select

a

conversion

direction.

A:

BROTHER

SPREADSHEET

(.5PR)

->

LOTUS

1-2-3

(.WK1)

8:

LOTUS

1-2-3

(.WK1)

->

BROTHER

SPREADSHEET

(.SPR)

5.

Type

"A"

or

"B"

and

press

the

Enter

key.

"A"

will

convert

a

Brother

Spread-

sheet

file

into

a

Lotus

®

1-2-3

®

file.

"B"

will

convert

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

the

Enter

key.

The

word

pro-

cessor

asks

you

to

enter

a

name

for

the

converted

file.

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