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From: braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Moshe Braner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Quattro Pro for $99 Good Deal?
Summary: Why do they keep the old traditions? :-)
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Date: 15 Mar 90 16:35:39 GMT
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Quattro Pro does seem good (I havn't had the time for a lot of usage
yet).  I am somewhat disappointed that they keep some old ways of doing
things, making it seem somewhat clunky in some ways after you've used
Excel.  For example, why require those '@' prefixes to built-in function
names?  Why require an ' in front of a label that starts with a number
but is obviously a label since it has letters in it later?  Why require
a control-D in front of a date entry when you are entering something
like "3 Mar 1990", so it should be obvious?  I also find '=' a more
intuitive formula prefix than '+'.  Oh well, I'll get used to it all.
The other features are worth it!

- Moshe