Lotus 1-2-3

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Lotus 1-2-3

(tool, product)

A spreadsheet for MS-DOS from Lotus Development Corporation. It can be programmed using "macros" and comes with a separate program to produce graphs and charts but this cannot be run at the same time as the spreadsheet. It has keyboard-driven pop-up menus as well as one-key commands, making it fast to operate. Lotus 1-2-3 supported EGA and later VGA graphics. Early versions used the filename extension "WK1".

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Lotus 1-2-3 has been the subject of several user interface copyright court cases in the US.

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1-2-3's successor, Symphony, had simultaneous update of spreadsheet, graph and word processor windows.

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Lotus 1-2-3

A popular spreadsheet for PCs, originally introduced for DOS in 1983. Later ported to many other platforms, including Windows, OS/2 as well as minis and mainframes, Lotus 1-2-3 became part of the IBM Lotus SmartSuite package. In 2013, SmartSuite was discontinued.

Why 1, 2, 3?
The name was chosen because it integrated spreadsheet, database and graphics. Lotus 1-2-3 was the first innovative spreadsheet for the PC and was launched with a huge marketing campaign. Its ability to function like a simple database was unique, and turning data into a chart with a single keystroke was dazzling for its time. The Lotus macros were the first macro language widely used in a spreadsheet. The software was supplemented with LotusScript, a BASIC-like language that supported Notes manipulation. See Lotus menu and Lotus.

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Hence, VisiCalc did a poor job of adapting its product to the DOS operating system, allowing Lotus 1-2-3 to dominate; Lotus lagged in adjusting its product to the Macintosh operating system and to Windows, allowing Microsoft Excel to take over.

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I use Lotus 1-2-3 to create resource allocation spreadsheets, but other software can be used as well.

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Integrated support for common document file formats empowers the user to work from any PC, Mac, Unix system, Web-TV or kiosk, and still access all files, e-mail and Internet bookmarks, even when not possessing the right application (such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Lotus 1-2-3) on the machine in use.

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The main menu in the form of icons is created in the Microsoft Works for Windows environment[6], the data integration program was written in Turbo C[7] and the remainder of the system was developed using Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.4[8].

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Alaska Computer Training Center, a sister company, provides training in the most popular desktop applications and operating systems, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, Windows, 3.1, Windows 95, Microstation and Windows NT.

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Two years ago Borland sold off its Quattro Pro spreadsheet, which emulated Lotus 1-2-3's look and feel; since then, the steamroller success of Microsoft's Office suite has transformed Quattro Pro and Lotus 1-2-3 itself into bit players in the spreadsheet marketplace.