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NExS can load spreadsheet files stored in WKS, WK1, and XLS (BIFF5)
formats, plus spreadsheet files stored in native NExS formats.
These operations import formulas, values, formatting, and
macros. You can also save NExS spreadsheets in WKS, WK1,
or NExS formats for use in applications that recognize
those formats.
NExS can also import values in text files and export NExS
spreadsheet data as files, to be used by other programs.
Import operations are an efficient way to bring
information into NExS without the risk of error
associated with retyping everything. Obviously, there
are many occasions when it makes sense to import data
from other programs, for example:
- You can load, revise and use a sample budget created
by another department using a different spreadsheet
program. You do not have to recreate the spreadsheet
in NExS; just specify the alternate file type in the
Open Sheet dialog box. NExS loads the data into an
NExS spreadsheet and notifies you if there are any
problems with the foreign sheet format.
- You can paste a directory listing of files from a
terminal window into NExS, sort by file size, and
graph filenames versus file sizes.
- You can use NExS to manipulate and display numbers
produced in a large table by a simulation program.
- You can capture information from electronic mail, such
as price lists for lab equipment, and use them in NExS
to create a purchase requisition.
- You can import tables of numbers and labels from a
document, and use them in NExS just as if you had
typed them on the Input line.
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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999