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sc Spreadsheet Calculator spreadsheet | 1991-04-08 | 4.2 KB | 97 lines |
- # This data file was generated by the Spreadsheet Calculator.
- # You almost certainly shouldn't edit it.
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- define "page4" A70
- define "page3" A49
- define "page2" A29
- define "page1" A9
- define "page5" A89
- leftstring A1 = "This is a brief sc tutorial."
- leftstring A3 = "Cells are named by their column and row number. For example,"
- leftstring A4 = "Cell A4"
- leftstring B4 = "Cell B4"
- leftstring C4 = "Cell C4"
- leftstring A5 = "Cell A5"
- leftstring A6 = "Cell A6"
- leftstring C6 = "Cell C6"
- leftstring A7 = "Cells range from A0 to AN199."
- leftstring A8 = "Cells can also be named by the user. See 'range names' in the manual."
- leftstring page1 = "You can move the cursor a couple of different ways:"
- leftstring A11 = "^n, j and the <DOWN> arrow key go down"
- leftstring A12 = "^p, k and the <UP> arrow key go up"
- leftstring A13 = "^b, h and the <LEFT> arrow key go left"
- leftstring A14 = "^f, l and the <RIGHT> arrow key go right"
- leftstring A15 = "You can go directly to a cell by typing 'g' and the cell name. "
- leftstring A16 = "'g c6' will take you to cell c6."
- leftstring A18 = "Cells can contain numbers, formulas, or text."
- leftstring A19 = "Most of the cells on this page contain text."
- leftstring C20 = "<Type 'g page2' to continue>"
- leftstring A22 = "Cell d22 contains text"
- leftstring D22 = "Text "
- leftstring A23 = "Cell d23 contains a number"
- let D23 = 123.34
- leftstring A24 = "Cell d24 contains a formula"
- let D24 = D23+88
- leftstring A26 = "To see what the cell contains, just move the cursor"
- leftstring A27 = "onto the cell. The contents will show up on line 1 in the brackets."
- leftstring page2 = "You can enter data into cells like this:"
- leftstring B30 = "'<text' enters left justified text."
- leftstring B31 = "'>text' enters right justified text."
- leftstring B32 = "'=number' enters a number"
- leftstring B33 = "'=formula' enters a formula."
- leftstring A35 = "Try duplicating d22 through d24 in e22 though e24."
- leftstring A37 = "You erase a cell by typing 'x' with the cursor on the cell."
- leftstring C40 = "<Type 'g page3' to continue>"
- leftstring A42 = "Here is a typical use for numbers and formulas:"
- let A44 = 10.3
- let B44 = 1877.5
- let C44 = 234.7
- let E44 = @sum(A44:C44)
- let A45 = 44.56
- let B45 = 44.3
- let C45 = -3
- let E45 = @sum(A45:C45)
- let A46 = 88.74
- let B46 = 8000
- let C46 = -9
- let E46 = @sum(A46:C46)
- let A47 = 99.2
- let B47 = -88
- let C47 = -44.6
- let E47 = @sum(A47:C47)
- let page3 = @sum(A44:A47)
- let B49 = @sum(B44:B47)
- let C49 = @sum(C44:C47)
- let E49 = @sum(A44:C47)
- leftstring A51 = "The data is entered in a44 through c47."
- leftstring A52 = "Cells a49, b49 and c49 sum their respective columns."
- leftstring A53 = "Cells e44, e45, e46, and e47 sum their respective rows."
- leftstring A54 = "Cell E49 is a grand total."
- leftstring A55 = "Try changing some of the data cells and watch the sums change."
- leftstring A57 = "You can also edit cells by putting the cursor on the cell and typing:"
- leftstring B58 = "'e' to edit the numeric portion."
- leftstring B59 = "'E' to edit the string portion."
- leftstring C60 = "<Type 'g page4' to continue>"
- leftstring A62 = "Since you are reading this, you know that you can load "
- leftstring A63 = "a data base from a file by typing the file name as an"
- leftstring A64 = "argument to the program. You can also load or save a "
- leftstring A65 = "data base using the file commands:"
- leftstring B67 = "'G file'"
- leftstring C67 = "Gets the data from an sc file."
- leftstring B68 = "'P file'"
- leftstring C68 = "Puts the data from the spreadsheet into a file."
- leftstring page4 = "Try 'P foo.sc' to write this to the file foo.sc"
- leftstring A71 = "The Get command erases the current spreadsheet. "
- leftstring A72 = "To merge a spreadsheet with the one currently in"
- leftstring A73 = "the machine, use:"
- leftstring B75 = "'M file'"
- leftstring C75 = "Merge the data from a saved sc file."
- leftstring A77 = "You can also get human readable versions of the data"
- leftstring A78 = "by using the Write command:"
- leftstring C80 = "<Type 'g page5' to continue>"
- leftstring A82 = "Try 'W tut.txt' for a clear text version of the tutorial."
- leftstring A85 = "This is the end of the tutorial. We have explored"
- leftstring A86 = "The basic commands. Much more detail is available"
- leftstring A87 = "in the man page."
- leftstring D91 = "GOOD LUCK!"
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