Microsoft KB Archive/20757

Entering Printer Codes in Cells PSS ID Number: Q20757 Article last modified on 08-18-1988 PSS database name: D_MPlan

2.01 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.04

MS-DOS

Summary:

Multiplan Version 2.01 is the first that allows for entry of a printer code in an individual cell. The steps for this process are as follows:

Type a CTRL-SHIFT-B (all three keys held down at the same time) instead of a caret (^) for the “CONTROL” key as you would do if you were entering the code under Print Options Setup. The rest of the code will be entered just like it would be in Print Options.

For example, to enter an escape you would first select the cell. Then type “a” to get the Alpha command. Type CTRL-SHIFT-B (all at once) followed by “[” (the left bracket). To enter the “CTRL-O” in order to get condensed printing on an Epson-FX printer, you would type CTRL-SHIFT-B (all at once, under the Alpha command). Then type the O (capital letter “O”).

Versions 3.00, 3.01, 3.02, and 3.04 operate the same except that they do not require the use of the SHIFT.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1988.