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Some time ago, I called Corel about their Quattro Pro 8. I wanted to upgrade my
Corel Pro Suite 7 because it isn't OLE 2.0 capable (for MetaStock). By the time
their 2000 suite came out, it was too late. I had already decided to buy MS
Office Pro 2000. MS Office is the standard. I can't remember if Corel told me
if their 2000 is OLE 2.0 capable (and it doesn't really matter). Without OLE
2.0, it's essentially worthless. Since, the whole point of getting a
spreadsheet program is using it to connect to MetaStock.
Trying to use Corel 2000 would be a nightmare anyway. Imagine downloading a
spreadsheet, programmed in VBA, and trying to make it work in Quattro Pro 2000.
Daniel.
Glen Wallace wrote:
> M:
>
> Corel's spreadsheet is Quattro Pro, which used to be produced by Borland.
> Although I don't use Excel much, I think it's at least as good as Excel.
> Quattro Pro is a pretty powerful spreadsheet.
>
> Two downsides. First, it's not the Microsoft industry standard (could be an
> upside, I suppose) so there are annoying problems like less-than-perfect
> conversion from one format to another, and last I saw it can't create comma
> delimited .csv files. Second, I don't think Corel will be in this business
> much longer judging by their financial results.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M. Robb" <robb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 5:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Beware of Free Office Suites
>
> > Does Corel have spreadsheet programs with capablilities referred here,
> > often, in Excel?
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