w/xp msworks 8.0 speadsheet problem

bpgreen

14 years ago

I haven't used works for a long time. It sounds like you're using some features that are relatively advanced for works.

You might want to consider switching to Open Office, which is a free full featured office suite that is more like MS Office than Works.

Another free office suite is IBM's Lotus Symphony. I think it's based on Open Office, and is just IBM's branded version with a few features (like Lotus compatibility) added.

PKponder TX Z7B

14 years ago

I have 8.5 and never use it, but checking the help menu brought a question. Have you adjusted the shading and color to see if that helps?

You might try the Update for Microsoft Works 8 Spreadsheet and Works 8 Database to see if it helps. It is not specifically for your issue, but from the search results, this update is used for several issues in MS Works Spreadsheet.

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Thanks again, I did pull the HDD, and it was a big job... go figure. It was under the floppy inside a metal cage and with I/O cards blocking the way out, it even had hold down screws from both sides (a real battleship) that required me pulling the CD/RW too. I then connected it as an external storage device to one of my XP computers, and thus to my home network. So I copied all the files I needed (I think) to my wife's current desktop. Then I wondered if I could put it all back together, and did with few problems/reworks. That done I turned it on to see if it worked, in its non-complete way, and it did. So I tried again (now that I wasn't worried about data loss) to install SuSE, my oldest Linux Live CD (Installation) and it failed again, but I noticed that during the timed decision time it offered an F2 key option for "text only" - I figured I'd hit that and see where it went. That was enough, away the installation went which automatically partitioned the HDD and moved W98 into its own partition.. and took about 1.5 GBytes for Linux. The installation automatically handled W98 and created a dual boot startup page. The installation drug on for a long time, maybe an hour and I had to check back from time-to-time to give my decision on some items. When it was done it asked if I wanted the graphic interface, KDE, I input "yes" and I ended up with the graphical desktop. I guess the [F2 = text only] referred only to the input device for the installation. During installation the mouse didn't work, so I had to tab and hit the return to interact. It seems the CPU requirement for "cmov" came after SuSE 8.0. I looked in the SuSE user manual, paper back book, for commands and found the list of very familiar Unix commands, like ls (List) and grep (search), I though they were DOS commands, they are not. Anyway, as the graphic interface works I don't need the Unix commands, but did note Linux will handle DOS commands too, just put an "m" in front, e.g., dir becomes mdir. I haven't tried to transfer data out of the windows area to the USB, but I can look at files in the Windows area, and doing that I'm sure I an copy and paste to an external device. bob414 the KDE desktop has an icon for the W98 file system and I will connect a "thumb drive" to a USB and see how it shows up... it may offer the drag and drop you mention for the Ubuntu.

mxyplx
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14 years ago

I updated it to version 8.5 - same problem. I cured it before by replacing a corrupted dll file and got the replacement from this site: http://www.dll-files.com/ but don't know which file it is. Maybe replace em all? :-)

The shading & color function for the charts controls the color of the data series not the chart background. And the problem is intermittent so anyway I agree my simple problem is beyond works 8.0 now 8.5.

Open Office would be like using the Queen Mary when a rowboat would do. Works 8 is fearsome enough for my elimentary needs. But I'll probly bite this bullet and get it.

By now I coulda done the whole thing by hand 8 times over. Maybe I'll jsut do the graphs by hand anyway. There's the advantage that you can pencil in notes etc.

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