VP-Planner 3D        business/spreadsheet/3D
Paperback Software Introduces New Spreadsheet
 
Microbytes Daily News Service
Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Paperback Software has introduced a new version of its VP-Planner
spreadsheet. According to the company, VP=Planner 3D offers most
of the advantages of Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3, including
three-dimensional worksheets, while running in as little as 384K
bytes of RAM.
 
The 3D feature lets you work with a stack of worksheets where
the worksheets form a cube of information that you can view or
rotate. Formulas on any page can include cell references to
different pages.
 
Other improvements include "hot linking" between graphs and
worksheet data and worksheet files on disk and in memory. "Hot
linking" means that a change made to a graph is automatically
reflected in dependent worksheets and vice-versa. Paperback
also promises out of the box LAN compatibility, with file
locking, and support for up to 32 megabytes of expanded or
virtual memory.
 
VP-Planner is keystroke-, file-, and macro-compatible with Lotus
2.2 and earlier versions of 1-2-3, the company reports. The
spreadsheet is scheduled to ship this month.
 
Price: $295.
 
Contact: Paperback Software, 2830 Ninth St., Berkeley, CA
94710, (415) 644-2116.
 
                              --- David L. Andrews
 
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