Microsoft KB Archive/22729

Multiplan: Converting to/from Visicalc DIF File Format PSS ID Number: Q22729 Article last modified on 01-16-1991 PSS database name: D_MPlan

2.x 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.04 4.00 4.01 4.20

MS-DOS

Question:

Can I convert to and from Visicalc DIF file format using Multiplan?

Response:

Microsoft Multiplan versions 2.x include a conversion utility called CONVERTD that converts the Visicalc DIF (VisiCorp Data Interchange Format) file format to and from the Microsoft Multiplan SYLK (Symbolic Link) file format. CONVERTD was not included in versions 3.00, 3.01, 3.02, and 3.04, so there is no DIF conversion ability with these versions.

However, versions 3.00, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 4.00, 4.01, and 4.20 can read the VC file format used by Visicalc. To load a file that was saved from Visicalc in VC format, choose Transfer Options, select Other, then load the file with the Transfer Load command. You cannot SAVE a Multiplan file in VC file format. In other words, the conversion is one way. You can load a VC file into Multiplan, but you cannot save or convert a Multiplan file in VC file format.

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