Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel for Windows

If you develop a spreadsheet using the Palmtop's Lotus 1-2-3 program, you can use this same spreadsheet on a Windows-based desktop. Just transfer the spreadsheet to the big machine and use Excel to open the .WK1 file. I've found that many user-written Lotus macros will run under Excel: just remember to press CTRL+macroletter rather than ALT+macroletter.

If you develop spreadsheets in Excel and want them to run on the Palmtop, don't use the bells and whistles of Excel, i.e., color, different sized fonts, forms and buttons. Use the File, Save As... command in Excel and pull down the list of file types in the dialog box. Look for the file type .WK1. Excel will warn you that some information will be lost but you should be able to save a Lotus 1-2-3 file that will work on your Palmtop.