TRANSFERRING FILES FROM LOTUS 1-2-3 TO dBASE III

Starting in Lotus 1-2-3

         1) Access the file you wish to transfer;

         2) Note column-widths (you will need this information to set up your
         file structure in dBASE);

         3) / PRINT FILE (access and open file for storage);

         4) Enter (filename).  This will automatically be assigned a .PRN
         extension;

         5) RANGE (select appropriate range to be transferred);

         6) OPTIONS MARGIN (set left margin to 0);

         7) OPTIONS MARGIN (set right margin to 240);

         8) OPTIONS OTHER (set to unformatted);

         9) GO (writes file to disk in a printable form);

        10) QUIT;

        11) EXIT LOTUS 1-2-3;

ENTER dBASE III

         1) CREATE (filename) (should be a different name from filename name
         you are transferring into dBASE;

         2) build your structure according to the column-widths you have
         previously recorded;

         3) CRTL END (saves structure);

         4) system will query "add records now? Y/N"    "N";

         5) APPEND FROM (filename, saved from LOTUS) .PRN SDF;

         FILE TRANSFER NOW COMPLETED.

    COMPLIMENTS OF ED LEVITON, SILVER SPRING,MD.