To: 999 (all members)
From: K4V (Trevor Crapper)
Subject: View Professional
This is a little known word processor
from the View family, however, it is
completely different to the View we
associate with the Master and on ROMs.
Actually View Professional is more
than just a word processor, it is a
combination of word processor, spread-
sheet and database all rolled into
one package.
View Professional and a program called
Pipedream are one and the same, so for
anyone using a Z88 especially, View
Professional is an old friend in
disguise!
Apparently Pipedream has now ventured
out into the world of PCs, so if you
want a piece of the PC action in your
Beeb now is the time to think about
getting View Professional.
Chris Richardson has the distribution
rights for this package so contact him
for quotes.
In addition there is a ROM image
called VPutils on a utilities disc, it
emulates the commands used by the Z88
and in this respect it is only really
useful to anyone with a Z88 if they
wish to practise their skills on a
larger screen.
I use View Professional or, VP for
short, for writing letters and storing
all my postal chess match records on.
These are all held in databases which
are extremely simple to produce.
In addition I am also using VP as a
Desk Top Publisher to produce pairing
notices for the international friendly
postal chess matches of which I am team
captain for the British Postal Chess
Federation.
It is a very handy tool indeed,
because both text and numbers can be
used together. All the normal spread-
sheet functions can be used with the
word processing side. This would be
ideal for anyone producing both text
and figures in combination where
totals are required.
This is just a user blurb to start
with, it is far too complicated to
simply run off a quick overview. So I
aim to cover as much of the subject as
recent usage is making possible. So
until next time, bye for now.