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From: KILGOREA@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (David Kilgore)
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Subject: Re: Lotus Student Edition Problems
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Date: 18 Jan 90 23:47:46 GMT
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In-Reply-To:  Message of Thu, 18 Jan 90 16:37:52 CST from <DPERALES@TRINITY>

On Thu, 18 Jan 90 16:37:52 CST David Perales said:
>The student edition of Lotus 1-2-3 does save its files under a different
>extension other than the .WKS and .WK1 of versions 1.0 and 2.01.  I don't
>know of a way to successfully move the files to a full version of Lotus
>after they have been created under the Student Edition.  Changing the file
>extensions and trying to load the worksheet will not work, neither does
>the file conversion utility provide any path to upgrade the worksheet
>files.  I think it's just another little fun item about Lotus and their
>security schemes.
>
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>David Perales, M.B.A., C.S.P.               BitNet:    DPERALES@TRINITY
>Micro Programmer Analyst                    telephony :(512)736-7401
>Trinity University Computing Center
>715 Stadium Drive, Box 50
>San Antonio, Texas 78212


We have had good luck using Quattro to import Student Lotus spreadsheets
and spit them back out as regular Lotus files.

DAVID KILGORE
RICE UNIVERSITY
KILGOREA@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU
(713) 527-8101 EXT.3538