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From: jeffj@pro-avalon.cts.com (Jeff Jungblut)
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Subject: Re: Appleworks 3.0
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Date: 24 Jun 89 02:53:42 GMT
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>>This is probably too much to ask for but what I'd really like to see
>>in Appleworks is the ability to reference other spreadsheet and
>>database modules (perhaps on disk, especially the database).  I often
>>have needs where the numbers on one file are a function of huge lists
>>of constants stored in another spreadsheet or database, and being
>>forced to combine these into the same file makes the whole thing
>>a kluge.
>>
>>Is there any spreadsheet on the Apple (or any other computer for that
>>matter) that supports such a feature?
>>---
>>Subash Shankar             Honeywell Systems & Research Center
>>shankar@src.honeywell.com  srcsip!shankar

TimeOut ReportWriter from Beagle Bros will begin shipping next week.  It can
do relational reporting from up to 11 database and/or spreadsheet files.  It
can also print paragraphs from word processor files.  This is a great product,
packed with all of the reporting functions AppleWorks left out.  It's ideal
for teachers keeping assignments, student gradebooks, and letters to parents
in AppleWorks -- using ReportWriter will let you generate complete attendance
records, report cards, letters to parents, etc. that are more detailed than
the limited reports you can produce with AppleWorks alone.

Businesses can use it for orders, inventory, invoices, billing, and more. 
With this program you can have a report calculate figures and have those
figures posted into a database or spreadsheet file, for automatic updating of
related files -- values in an inventory file could be subtracted from when a
customer order or invoice report is produced, for example.

Call the customer support number at 619/452-5502 for more info.