Quattro Pro
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As of 2014, the Quattro Pro formats aren't well supported. Microsoft Excel dropped support for all the above formats in Excel 2010, whereas LibreOffice and OpenOffice only support Quattro Pro for Windows, version 6.0 files. Quattro Pro itself (which is now part of the WordPerfect Office suite) still reads all formats, although support of the DOS formats has some limitations. See [http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-10-29-quattro-pro-dos-obsolete-format-last this blog post] for more details. | As of 2014, the Quattro Pro formats aren't well supported. Microsoft Excel dropped support for all the above formats in Excel 2010, whereas LibreOffice and OpenOffice only support Quattro Pro for Windows, version 6.0 files. Quattro Pro itself (which is now part of the WordPerfect Office suite) still reads all formats, although support of the DOS formats has some limitations. See [http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-10-29-quattro-pro-dos-obsolete-format-last this blog post] for more details. | ||
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| + | == Sounds == | ||
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| + | Starting with Quattro Pro 3.0 you could create slide shows which included sounds. The sound files start with <code>STEVE.H</code> and usually have a <code>.SND</code> extension. | ||
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| + | == Sample files == | ||
| + | * https://telparia.com/unsupportedFileFormatSamples/audio/quattroProSound/ → *.SND | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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* [http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-10-29-quattro-pro-dos-obsolete-format-last Quattro Pro for DOS: an obsolete format at last?] | * [http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-10-29-quattro-pro-dos-obsolete-format-last Quattro Pro for DOS: an obsolete format at last?] | ||
* [http://openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-10-29-opening-johans-quattro-pro-files-quattro-pro-6-win-311 Opening Johan's Quattro Pro files in Quattro Pro 6 for Win 3.11] | * [http://openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-10-29-opening-johans-quattro-pro-files-quattro-pro-6-win-311 Opening Johan's Quattro Pro files in Quattro Pro 6 for Win 3.11] | ||
| + | * [https://books.google.com/books?id=uEkrL23rU98C&pg=PP280&lpg=PP280&dq=%22quattro+pro%22+%22sound%22+%22snd%22&source=bl&ots=UzzKg5NYKG&sig=ACfU3U3_1W1Ut1Qw7wa0-ve5FwptedPydA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjHkJvEpovqAhUiTd8KHVC0CVUQ6AEwAHoECCgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22quattro%20pro%22%20%22sound%22%20%22snd%22&f=false PC Magazine Quattro Pro 3.0 Article mentioning SND files] | ||
[[Category:Borland]] | [[Category:Borland]] | ||
[[Category:Corel]] | [[Category:Corel]] | ||
Revision as of 12:30, 18 June 2020
Quattro Pro is a spreadsheet program. Originally developed by Borland, current releases are sold by Corel.
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Versions and identifiers
| Format | Version | PRONOM | Refer to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quattro Pro Spreadsheet for DOS | 1–4 | x-fmt/121 | WQ1 |
| Quattro Pro Spreadsheet for DOS | 5.0, 5.5 | x-fmt/122 | WQ2 |
| Quattro Pro Spreadsheet for Windows | 1, 5 | fmt/834 | WB1 |
| Quattro Pro Spreadsheet for Windows | 6 | fmt/835 | WB2 |
| Quattro Pro Spreadsheet | 7–8 | fmt/836 | WB3 |
| Quattro Pro Spreadsheet | 9–12, X3, X4 | fmt/837 | QPW |
Software support
As of 2014, the Quattro Pro formats aren't well supported. Microsoft Excel dropped support for all the above formats in Excel 2010, whereas LibreOffice and OpenOffice only support Quattro Pro for Windows, version 6.0 files. Quattro Pro itself (which is now part of the WordPerfect Office suite) still reads all formats, although support of the DOS formats has some limitations. See this blog post for more details.
Sounds
Starting with Quattro Pro 3.0 you could create slide shows which included sounds. The sound files start with STEVE.H and usually have a .SND extension.
Sample files
References
Categories:
- File Formats
- Electronic File Formats
- Document
- Spreadsheet
- Quattro Pro
- File formats with extension .wq1
- File formats with extension .wq2
- File formats with extension .wb1
- File formats with extension .wb2
- File formats with extension .wb3
- File formats with extension .qpw
- File formats with extension .snd
- Borland
- Corel
