n LOTUS 7-2-3 One of the most popular “integrated” software products, Lotus
1-2-3 combines spreadsheet, word processing and database appli-
cations in a single package. However, the process of printing a
spreadsheet is very similar to that used in VisiCalc and SuperCalc.
The Lotus print commands
As described in the Lotus manual, the printing procedure is begun
with the command /PP. After you enter this code, a menu of other
printing choices appears on your screen, including:
Range - Defines the section of the worksheet you want to print.
Line - Allows the insertion of a blank line in your report by
sending a carriage return/line feed instruction to the _
printer.
Page - Advances printing to the beginning of a new page.
Options - Displays a menu of various format options.
Clear - Erases all previously chosen print options for this par-
ticular report.
Align - Communicates to Lotus l-2-3 that the paper in the printer
is at the top of the page. This code is used after inserting
a new sheet or advancing the paper with a form feed
command.
Go - Prints the worksheet as defined by Range.
Quit - Ends the print mode and returns Lotus to the “Ready”
mode (see your manual for details).
The Lotus Options menu
In addition to the print commands, Lotus l-2-3 provides an Options
menu to give you a number of formatting selections. Included in this
menu are selections for headers and footers (lines printed at the top -
and bottom of the page, respectively). With each of these options,
you may also choose to insert the page number and/or date, and
even divide the header or footer into three separate sections.
Also included in the Options menu is the setup option, which allows
you to enter codes to specify the pitch size for the report. When you
choose this option, the words “enter character string” next appear
on the screen. You can now enter the code you want, as illustrated
in Table 3-3.
Lotus is different from other spreadsheets in that it uses decimal
codes. In the following examples, the I’\“, or backslash, precedes
the control code (instead of the control key). When entering an
escape code, you first enter ‘$027, the decimal equivalent of the escape
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