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- PROKEY STARTER SET FOR LOTUS 1-2-3
-
-
- As you know, ProKey comes with a file of macros designed for use
- with 1-2-3. That file is named 123.PRO.
-
- To learn how to use 123.PRO, we suggest you follow these steps:
-
- - Print this file (123.DOC) so you have a reference sheet
- available while you're learning.
-
- - Print 123.PRO so that you can see how ProKey macros look
- in a file.
-
- - Compare the documentation file with the actual macros in 123.PRO
- so that you can get an idea of how commands are combined
- to perform specific tasks.
-
-
- To use the macros in 123.PRO, follow these steps:
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- - Install ProKey using PKLOAD.
-
- - Go to the DOS command prompt A>.
-
- - Place a diskette containing PROKEY.COM and 123.PRO in the
- A> drive.
-
- - Type: prokey 123.pro/r
-
- - Load 1-2-3.
-
- Please refer to the Users Guide if you need help with any of these
- steps.
-
- You can copy PROKEY.COM and 123.PRO onto any diskette or your hard
- disk if you like.
-
-
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-
- Hints on Using ProKey with 1-2-3:
-
- While Lotus 1-2-3 has a macro facility of its own, ProKey offers several
- advantages over 1-2-3's macros. First, ProKey macros are easier to create.
- You don't have to figure out how to accomplish a task and then transcribe
- the commands somewhere in your worksheet; you just execute the commands
- with ProKey turned on and monitoring the keyboard.
-
- 1-2-3 macros are worksheet specific. If you want to have a set of
- generalized macros for use with any sheet, you'd need to find space
- in each spreadsheet and make a copy of the macros. ProKey macros are
- stored and accessed from memory and may be used with any sheet.
-
- è1-2-3 macros take up space in your worksheet and can greatly affect
- their size; ProKey macros do not occupy any spreadsheet space and
- generally take up less file storage space than do 1-2-3 macros.
-
- There are a number of things that 1-2-3 macros can do, that ProKey macros
- can't, and you may find that a combination of the two are your best bet.
- In any case, you can always use ProKey to help create 1-2-3 macros,
- which require that special key names be spelled out and surrounded
- by brackets!
-
- The macros provided in this Starter Set range from simple tasks such
- as setting column widths and erasing the field at the cursor to more
- complicated procedures such as exchanging the position of two columns
- or sorting data. Although the ProKey macros provided in this Starter
- Set are useful in themselves, they are mainly meant to get you started
- using ProKey with 1-2-3 and to spur your imagination.
-
- Here are two macros that aren't in the Starter Set but which you
- may find very useful:
-
- <begdef><enter><rgt><enddef>
- <begder><k+><rgt><enddef>
-
- The first temporarily converts the <Enter> key into a right arrow
- and is very useful for entering column headings. It can just as easily
- become a down arrow for entering row headings.
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- The second turns the keypad plus key into a right arrow and can
- really speed up data entry.
-
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-
- Starting and file handling:
-
- <altf1> loads 123 and brings up a blank worksheet. You may want to
- adjust the size of the delay if the initial 123 screen seems
- to appear for longer than you'd like.
-
- <altf> retrieves a file
-
- <altf2> loads 123 and retrieves a file: this macro is a combination
- of <altf1> and <altf>
-
- <altq> saves current file and quits 123. Use this if you're replacing
- an older version of the file
-
- Manipulating ranges:
-
- <altr> inserts a row above the current cursor position
-
- <ctrlr> deletes a row at the cursor
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- <altc> inserts a column to the left of the cursor
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- <ctrlc> deletes the column at the current cursor position
- è
- <alte> erases the cell at the current cursor position
-
- <altn> creates a named range; place the cursor on the corner of the
- range you wish to name. Then press <altr>. Type in the name,
- <enter> it, and then move the cursor to mark the range. End
- with an <enter>. The current named range gets assigned to
- <alt1>. Whenever you need to use the range name, type <alt1>.
-
- <alt1> The current named range.
-
- <altw> sets the column width at the current cursor position.
- This macro has been set up with a fixed field of length
- two for the column width. If you are setting it to a
- width of less than 10, use a leading zero, e.g. 05.
-
- <altx> exchanges the position of two columns. When you do a
- move you must both create empty space to move into, and
- then delete the space you moved from. To execute this
- macro follow this example for swapping Col D with Col B.
-
- Col A Col B Col C Col D Col E
-
- 1. Place the cursor at the top of the leftmost of the 2
- columns you wish to swap, in this case Col B.
- 2. Type <altx>. A blank column will be inserted to the left
- of Col. B.
- 3. Move the cursor to the top of the rightmost of the 2
- columns you wish to move, in this case Col D.
- 4. Press <enter>.
- 5. Mark the column by moving the cursor (it has already been
- anchored) and then type <enter>.
- 6. Move the cursor to the top of the blank column that was
- inserted in step 1 and type <enter>.
- 7. Move the cursor to the top of what was the leftmost column
- and type <enter>.
- 8. Mark this column as in step 5.
- 9. Move to the top of the remaining blank column and type <enter>.
-
- Table Headings:
-
- <altm> Types the months of the year (Jan - Dec) across the worksheet.
-
- <ctrlq> Types the year on one line and the four quarters beneath it.
- Press <ctrlq> and type the last digit of the year and <enter>
- it.
-
- Functions:
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- <alth> Does a horizontal table lookup. Fill in and <enter> each of
- the three necessary arguments.
-
- <altv> Does a vertical table lookup. Fill in and <enter> each of the
- three necessary arguments.
-
- è<altp> Does the loan payment function to give monthly payments.
- Fill in and <enter> the principal, the yearly interest rate
- (but not the percent sign), and the term of the loan in years.
-
- <alty> If you want to use a date in a field use this macro. It first
- sets the column width to 10, then sets the format to a type 1
- date, and then does the date function. You fill in the month
- and day.
-
- Dealing with data:
-
- <altd> This macro does a data sort. Place the cursor at the corner of
- the range you wish to sort. Press <altd>, mark and <enter> the
- range, then move the cursor to the key field and press <enter>
- again. The macro is coded for an ascending sort.
-
- <ctrld> Like <altd> above, but uses the current named range for data.
- You must have previously named the range with <altn>.
-
- Printer defaults:
-
- <ctrlp> Type <ctrlp> and the first letter of the default you wish
- to change. Then type and <enter> the new default.
-
- Cursor movement - no more toggling in and out of NumLock!
-
- <f7> up
- <f8> right
- <f9> left
- <f10> down
-
- You may access 1-2-3's definitions of these function keys by using the
- original function of the definitions with the <`> key
- or by moving them to different locations (such as the shifted
- function keys). See the User's Guide for information.