Microsoft KB Archive/11904

Command Performance: Lotus PSS ID Number: Q11904 Article last modified on 09-22-1986 PSS database name: PRESS

COMMAND PERFORMANCE: LOTUS 1-2-3 by Eddie Adamis Price: $24.95 Pages: 416 ISBN: 0-914845-64-0 Pub. Date: March 28, 1986

COMMAND PERFORMANCE: LOTUS 1-2-3

The Latest Addition of the Popular Microsoft Press Command Performance Series

Microsoft Press introduced the Command Performance series of dictionaries and cross-reference guides to provide users of today’s most popular software with conveniently organized desktop references. The latest addition to the series is COMMAND PERFORMANCE: LOTUS 1-2-3. Scheduled for publication on March 28, this volume will be a valued resource for the over one million users of Lotus 1-2-3. The book has been chosen as an Alternate Selection for both Macmillan’s Small Computer Book Club and for the Library of Computer and Information Sciences book club. In addition, COMMAND PERFORMANCE: LOTUS 1-2-3 will be featured as part of spring advertising promotions with B. Dalton and Waldenbooks. This handy volume contains alphabetically arranged entries on all of Lotus 1-2-3’s commands and functions, including the new features of Release 2. Author Eddie Adamis provides a thorough explanations of each. Most entries include a practical example of how the specific command or function can be used. In addition, the book contains several in-depth entries on important Lotus 1-2-3 topics, such as macros, cells, ranges, iteration and data tables. COMMAND PERFORMANCE: LOTUS 1-2-3 is completely cross referenced for easy look- up. A sampling of the helpful information found in this guide: How strings of the helpful information found in this guide. The easiest way to use each of the 90 functions. How files can be translated to and from the 1-2-3 format. The differences between Release 1A and Release 2. How to create and use a database. The most effective method for creating a graph. When to use macros, how they have changed in Release 2, and more! COMMAND PERFORMANCE: LOTUS 1-2-3 is the third offering in the Command Performance series. Previously published are volumes on dBASE III and Microsoft Multiplan on the Apple Macintosh. COMMAND PERFORMANCE: APPLEWORKS will be published in April 1986.

After enjoying a successful career as a music composer and arranger, Eddie Adamis now devotes his time to writing about computers. Since 1979, he has contributed articles to Temps Reel and Microsystems magazines, and has written 20 computer books. He currently lives in Paris, France. Microsoft Corporation, based in Redmond, Washington, develops and sells a wide range of operating systems, languages, application programs, and hardware products, as well as books, for the microcomputer marketplace.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1986.