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From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
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Subject: Re: Questions about Excel, forsooth
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Date: 1 Oct 89 22:43:19 GMT
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In article <1229@marlin.NOSC.MIL>, jbjones@marlin.NOSC.MIL (John B. Jones) writes:
> I hope there are some Excel users out there.  I've been using Lotus for
> a long time, but I'm switching to Excel.  I have some questions for any
> gurus there might be:
>
> Is there a way to configure the directory to be something other than the
> "windows" directory?  This was easy in Lotus, but I'm having trouble
> seeing how in Excel.

Either start Excel from the directory where you want to work (my approach), or
change directory within the dialog box when you open a file.
>
> Is there a way to configure excel so that the particular choices you
> like in the menus (Page Setup, for instance, or Display) come up as
> defaults instead of having to be redone each time you open the program?

I'm not sure about that.
>
> Is there a way to get to DOS from in Excel, like you can do in Lotus?

With Windows, running DOS is a rare event. Because it is multi-tasking, you can
switch out of Excel and run something else in parallel. In fact you can have
several programs active at any one time.
>
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