Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mcnc!ecsvax!kotlas
From: kotlas@ecsvax.UUCP (Carolyn M. Kotlas)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 123 Fed tax forms
Message-ID: <4417@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 88 14:41:27 GMT
References: <19838@clyde.ATT.COM> <557@dsacg3.UUCP>
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Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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In article <557@dsacg3.UUCP>, ntm1458@dsacg3.UUCP (John Darby) writes:
> 
> I tried these LOTUS 123 tax forms and found them unusable.  I uudecoded 
>  them and downloaded them using kermit to the a Zenith Z-248pc.  We
>  normally use Enable but I also have Lotus 123 1A.  I could not get
>  these worksheets to load using either software.  Please check it and
>  repost.

When I uudecoded these files, they had a file extension of .wk1 which
indicates that they are compatible with Lotus 1-2-3, Rel. 2.  I don't
know about Enable, but to get them to work with Lotus 1-2-3, Rel. 1A
will require using the Translate utility in Lotus, otherwise the earlier
version won't recognize them as legitimate worksheets (Rel. 1A worksheets
have the extension .wks).  A lot of spreadsheet clones or Lotus workalikes
are still not compatible with the .wk1 files, and that may be the problem
here.
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Carolyn Kotlas    (kotlas@ecsvax.UUCP  or  kotlas@ecsvax.BITNET)
UNC-Educational Computing Service   P. O. Box 12035      2 Davis Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709   State Courier #315   919/549-0671