14.4 Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony formats (spreadsheets)
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This article is from the Spreadsheets FAQ, by Russell Schulz casfaq@locutus.ofB.ORG with numerous contributions by others.
14.4 Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony formats (spreadsheets)
these are capable formats, but their complexity makes them unusable
for all but the most dedicated user.
http://ftp.support.lotus.com/ftp/pub/product_information/wsff.zip
http://www.wotsit.org/download.asp?f=wks
http://www.wotsit.org/download.asp?f=wsff
14.4.1 WKS format
Stores: Values, Equations, Simple formatting
File format descriptions can be found via the following anonymous
ftp sites
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/spredsht/wksffmt.zip
http://simtel.coast.net/Coast/msdos/lotus123.html [defunct]
FILE: wksffmt.zip SIZE: 22,575 DATE: 900626
DESCRIPTION:
Description of Lotus .WKS & .WK1 file formats
Lotus File Formats for 1-2-3, Symphony, and Jazz
by the people at Lotus Development Corporation
ISBN 0-201-16824-3
Lotus Books
Addison-Wesley
Published 1986
compares VisiCalc files to 1-2-3 files; details file formats
for 1-2-3 1A, 2; Symphony 1.0, 1.1; PIC; Jazz; includes
Turbo Pascal program to convert text into WKS.
Turbo Pascal program obviously not typeset directly from
working source, and independently has various out-of-bounds
errors; table on p127 claims hex 0=dec 1; p141 claims Jazz
had 8192 (and 8191) columns and 256 (and 255) rows.
14.4.2 WK1 format
Stores: Values, Equations, Formatting, Named Regions [?]
Also See WKS format
14.4.3 WK3 format
Stores: Values, Equations, Formatting, Named Regions [?]
Also See WKS format
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