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Using Applications Other Than Microsoft Excel
You can use applications other than Microsoft Excel (such as Lotus 1-
2-3 or Quattro Pro) to open and manipulate the Expense data on your
computer. The data file is named “Expense.txt,” and is stored in the
Expense folder, within the folder containing the Palm III organizer
user data.
Expense data in the Expense.txt file is in tab-delimited format.
Expense File Details
The Expense.txt file contains four groups of data. It will be easier to see
these four distinct groups of data if you open the file with a
spreadsheet application.
Trips
Shows the number of Expense application
categories, and lists each one followed by an
“end” statement.
Currency
Shows how many currencies were used for the
Expense data, and lists the countries that
correspond to that currency.
Trip
Shows the number of expenses by category,
and lists the expenses for each category.
Expenses
Shows the total number of expenses, and lists
them chronologically.
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