Dear ALL Thank you all that replied so swiftly to my problem with Dataperfect files (Yes, the DP group is famed for that!)
I shall not reply in detail to each of you so just briefly YES - I could import seamlessly the PLN files directly into wp 5.1. on my 32 bit PC. Oh that was a relief. (In fact, I am sure it works also under Vdos on the 64 bit machines but I have not extensively tested that "Dos system yet" Most of you seem to fancy it a lot.) BUT - I of course then saved the WP files and reimported them in WORD. That went partially bad. Because the multi column Table in WP 5.1. that resulted from the PLN import was "amputated" when in WORD. Not all columns were there and formatting was kind of screwed. WELL - There may be workarounds, but I simply decided to use the Table editing function in WP 5.1 and edit the table down to fewer columns (the import into WORD also did not like "merged cells" so that I circumvented also in the WP file). So bit by bit I could import all columns safely into Word and there merge them back into one table again. SO - It might have been easier just to view the rather small files in WP and then write them down and retype them. But there is a full digital solution as you see although a bit round about. One problem that persistently occurred was that the right most column "hits" the right margin with no free space and is partially invisible (I have seen almost the same with large tables in WORD per se). But my "column per column" procedure worked. I am just glad I have only 4 rather small Tables with scientific data I need to convert int "the modern world". I now I see belatedly - "irony is it not" that I do indeed have the PL.EXE. It has hidden itself in my WP directory, not in the WP office one where I expected it to be, But, it was indeed easier just to go through WP, for one quick test showed that PL.EXE could not export all its "formulas" to e.g. Lotus format, so exporting to another spreadsheet format from old archaeic PL probably was a "no go". I shall now let PL.EXE have a quiet life on my harddisk, hoping never to use it again. End report and hoping none of you need to fiddle with such like :-) Jens Jens T Høeg, Cics, dr,scient, ph.d., and all that jazz Marine Biology Section - Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen - Universitetsparken 4 - DK-2100 Copenhagen DENMARK +45 28751247 [email protected] ________________________________ From: Kaj Gigengack [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 5:36 PM To: Jens Thorvald Høeg Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Help neded with WP Corp PlanPerfect file conversion Dear Jens, The possibility to help you consists of two items: - Either I will send you the program --> beware of the fact that you have to run it under windows 32 bits !! - Or I will convert it for you --> I still have an OS 32 bits running with planperfect. In that case: send it as a ZIP, with your wishes. Plaese let me know your choice. Best regards Kaj Gigengack Mijdrecht The Netherlands Op 2-5-2016 om 15:43 schreef Jens Thorvald Høeg: Dear ALL I know this is a bit off the subject of this discussion grop but nevertheless: Some of you undoubtedly remember the Planperfect program which was WP Corps spreadsheet that could operate under WP Office (as did Dataperfect) or as stand alone software. I used to have Planperfect on floppy disks somewhere, but they seem to have been lost and I cannot find the software free anywhere on the net. My problem is I have a few non-sensitive files I would like to covert either into a WP table in a text file (or into Word as Table) or into an Excell spreadsheet file (either will work, I just need to see the data, not the formulae that may be there). Can any of you suggest a solution? Might any of you still have a Planperfect that runs and might you then convert my files (as told only about 5 small ones). I hope somebody can come up with a suggestion.... Best regards Jens KI NO TOMONORI: Hisakata no Hikari nodokeki Haru no hi ni Shizu kokoro naku Hana no chiruramu Jens T Høeg, Cics, dr,scient, ph.d., and all that jazz Marine Biology Section - Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen - Universitetsparken 4 - DK-2100 Copenhagen DENMARK +45 28751247 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
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