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- Many Lotus 1-2-3 functions have Microsoft Excel equivalents. However, Microsoft Excel uses different calculation rules than Lotus 1-2-3 when evaluating text in formulas, certain database criteria, and the value of certain logical operators.
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Summary. Microsoft Excel and Lotus 123 are both spreadsheet software that deal with data. Both software programs seem to perform data manipulation with generally the same functions. Formula entering in Excel needs to have the equals sign (=) first before the formula. Lotus 123 does not need the equals sign before the formula.
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By Sead Fadilpašić
published 29 May 2022
Linux, say hi to Lotus 1-2-3
(Image credit: Shutterstock / 200dgr)
Lotus-1-2-3, an ancient spreadsheet program from Lotus Software (and later IBM), has been ported to a new operating system.
“There are a few kinks that need to be ironed out, and I need to port over my terminal driver, but it is 100% usable,” Tavis wrote in a blog post, detailing the work. “At the moment, the DOS version running under emulation looks better - but this can be fixed!”
Ormandy also developed an entirely new display driver for the program, which can now be run on more than just the 80x25 window.
Lotus 1-2-3 was the first killer application of the IBM PC, and was a major hit in the 1980s. It offered three key solutions: spreadsheet calculations, database functionality and graphical charts. Together with dBase and WordPerfect, it was considered an essential app.
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- Sead Fadilpašić
Jan 31, 2013 · But here’s the thing: Unlike the long list of inferior MS products that have captured their markets just because Microsoft willed it, Excel was a truly great piece of software. Its triumph over Lotus 1-2-3 is one of a few cases where I’ve felt that a Microsoft product deserved to win, unequivocally. And, to put it mildly, Lotus blew it.
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In a twist of fate, that version of Excel was closer in features to 1-2-3 than anything Lotus had. Lotus Jazz was more ambitious, but Excel worked and quickly became the Mac standard.
Mar 22, 2023 · Compared to Lotus, the introduction of Excel offered all the number-crunching capabilities plus drop-down menus and WYSIWYG formatting. These two features made Excel much easier to use. By 1988, Excel outsold 1-2-3 and began to cement its place as the leading developer of PC software.
Many Lotus 1-2-3 functions have Microsoft Excel equivalents. However, Microsoft Excel uses different calculation rules than Lotus 1-2-3 when evaluating text in formulas, certain database criteria, and the value of certain logical operators. Lotus function. Equivalent function in Microsoft Excel. @@.
