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File List | 1985-11-09 | 5KB | 198 lines

                                PC*POOP
                       WB SNYDER *** BROOKMONT MD


                   PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 1, 1985

1.  GRAPHICS PROGRAM IN BASIC TO CREATE VARIABLE SIZED CHARACTERS
2.  FAST PRINT SCREEN PROGRAM IN BASIC
3.  WARNING ABOUT USING THE DELETE COMMAND WITH NO LINE NUMBERS IN BASIC
4.  A ROUNDING PROGRAM IN BASIC
5.  FANCY PATCH FOR VDISK.SYS IN DOS 3

                     PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 1, 1985

1.  ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON THE DIF STANDARD
2.  USING ANSI.SYS AND THE PROMPT COMMAND TO SET SCREEN COLORS IN DOS
3.  USING {END}{HOME} IN 1-2-3 MACROS
4.  USING DEBUG TO REMOVE UNWANTED FILE HEADERS
5.  DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN RESIDENT PROGRAMS AND DISK FILES

                    PC MAGAZINE'S PROGRAMMING COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 1, 1985

1.  DIRECTORY PROGRAM SORTS OUTPUT AND PRESENTS IT IN TWO COLUMNS

                PC MAGAZINE'S SPREADSHEET CLINIC COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 1, 1985

1.  USE @VLOOKUP TO DETERMINE THE DAY-OF-THE-WEEK
2.  USING COLUMN OFFSET NUMBERS IN 1-2-3 DATABASE FUNCTIONS
3.  USING 1-2-3 AS A DISK LIBRARIAN BY IMPORTING .PRN FILES

                    PC MAGAZINE'S POWER*USER COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 1, 1985

1.  ASCII-TO-EBCDIC FILE CONVERSION PROGRAM
2.  SPEEDING UP SEARCH-AND-REPLACE IN SIDEKICK AND TURBO PASCAL
3.  TIME AND DATE ARE MISSING IN TURBO PASCAL
4.  MICROSOFT WORD AND THE TI 855 FOR BOLD PRINT
5.  PROPORTIONAL SPACING IN WORDSTAR
6.  SPEED UP TURBO PASCAL WRITING TO THE SCREEN


                   PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 15, 1985

1.  AN EASY BASIC PROGRAM TO USE ANSI.SYS TO SET SCREEN COLORS
2.  A PROGRAM TO MAKE THE PC DO WHAT YOU MEAN, NOT WHAT YOU TYPE
3.  DATE STAMPING FILES IN DOS

                     PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 15, 1985

1.  USING THE PRINT COMMAND IN DOS 3

                    PC MAGAZINE'S PROGRAMMING COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 15, 1985

1.  A PROGRAM THAT THOROUGHLY DELETES A FILE






                PC MAGAZINE'S SPREADSHEET CLINIC COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 15, 1985

1.  IMPROVING THE WORD PROCESSING FEATURE OF 1-2-3 WITH MACROS
2.  USING THE PLUS KEY TO PROWL AROUND WORKSHEETS
3.  USING /FILE COMBINE SUBTRACT TO LOCATE CIRCULAR REFERENCES
4.  USING /DATA QUERY TO ELIMINATE ZEROS IN WORKSHEETS
5.  USING THE TRANSLATE FACILITY TO REVERSE ROWS AND COLUMNS
6.  USING NAMED RANGES TO ADD OR DELETE ROWS IN SUB-ROUTINES

                    PC MAGAZINE'S POWER*USER COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 15, 1985

1.  PUTTING A RAM DISK ABOVE THE 640K BARRIER
2.  PATCHING TURBO PASCAL VERSIONS FOR INCLUDE ERROR MESSAGES
3.  USING THE ALT KEY TO DELETE ^@ CHARACTERS IN WORDSTAR DOWNLOAD FILES


                   PC MAGAZINE'S USER*TO*USER COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 29, 1985

1.  PC MAGAZINE HELPS IN WRITING DATA STATEMENTS IN BASIC
2.  USING COLOR IN HIGH RESOLUTION GRAPHICS PROGRAMS
3.  A SHORT .COM PROGRAM TO RESTORE THE CURSOR
4.  A QUICK METHOD TO SWITCH BETWEEN TWO MONITORS
5.  AN INTERESTING LOOK AT DOS AND KEYBOARD TYPOS

                     PC MAGAZINE'S PC*TUTOR COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 29, 1985

1.  USING CHKDSK /V AND TREE TO LIST DISK FILES IN DOS
2.  HIDDEN FILES CAN MAKE REMOVING DIRECTORIES IMPOSSIBLE
3.  PCjr VIDEO IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PC

                    PC MAGAZINE'S PROGRAMMING COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 29, 1985

1.  A NEW TREE PROGRAM

                PC MAGAZINE'S SPREADSHEET CLINIC COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 29, 1985

1.  TAILORING 1-2-3 FOR SEVERAL USERS WITH THE 123.CNF FILE
2.  FIXING THE LEADING ZEROS IN ZIP CODES
3.  USING WINDOWS TO DISPLAY FORMULAS AND VALUES DURING DEBUGGING
4.  USING A PRINTER SETUP FILE TO PRINT YOUR WORKSHEET
5.  MENUS WHICH SEEM TO HAVE MORE THAN EIGHT CHOICES
6.  INCLUDING THE TAB FUNCTION IN 1-2-3 MACROS
7.  AN ALL PURPOSE MACRO TO SAVE YOUR WORKSHEET

                    PC MAGAZINE'S POWER*USER COLUMN
                            OCTOBER 29, 1985

1.  ADDING COLOR TO CROSSTALK XVI
2.  SETTING PRINTER OPTIONS IN BATCH FILES WITH ECHO
3.  RAM DISKS AND WORD PROCESSORS
4.  LOW TECH TRICK FOR LASERS
5.  CHANGING THE CURSOR SIZE IN TURBO PASCAL
6.  AN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAM TO CHANGE DIRECTORIES IN WORDSTAR






                    PC WORLD'S STAR*DOT*STAR COLUMN
                             OCTOBER, 1985

1.  USING DEBUG TO CHANGE 1-2-3 COLORS WITH TD.DRV
2.  HANDLING <ESC> WITHIN 1-2-3 MACROS
3.  PRINTING GRAPHS IN SYMPHONY AND 1-2-3
4.  USING THE dBASE III RUN COMMAND
5.  UNDERLINING IN WORDPERFECT
6.  USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS IN BASIC FOR MIN AND MAX VALUES
7.  A PROGRAM TO DEMONSTRATE THE PAINT COMMAND IN BASIC