What Is Microsoft Multiplan

[Guest]

Hello,


I have a file with an .SPC file extension. After looking up the file
extension online it appears the software required to open or use it is called
Microsoft Multiplan.

Where can I find such software since I have never heard of anyone using it.

-A

 

[Vanguard]

Hello,


I have a file with an .SPC file extension. After looking up the file
extension online it appears the software required to open or use it is
called
Microsoft Multiplan.

Where can I find such software since I have never heard of anyone using
it.

The predecessor to Excel. That product died eons ago. You just haven't
been using personal computers as long as us old farts to remember 20-year
old software.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplan

 

[billious]

Hello,


I have a file with an .SPC file extension. After looking up the file
extension online it appears the software required to open or use it is
called
Microsoft Multiplan.

Where can I find such software since I have never heard of anyone using
it.

-A

Googling would find 32,800 English pages for multiplan microsoft

HTH

....Bill

 

[Guest]

Vanguard,

Thanks for the info about that file type.

 

[Mike Mueller]

As already noted, Multiplan was a spreadsheet program circa
1982, later to be replaced by Excel. The most recent program
I can find to open that it is Excel v5 (current version is
11). Probably the best thing to do will be to attempt to
open using a 'Recover Text' filter (eg Word) or use notepad
to manually convert the data to something that a current
version of Excel can digest (eg CSV file)

Multiplan was the most common program to create the file,
but is also is the extension for some other completely
different applications
http://extensions.pndesign.cz/spc-file-extension-microsoft-multiplan-program:e:8767

Mike


I have a file with an .SPC file extension. After looking up
the file
extension online it appears the software required to open or
use it is called
Microsoft Multiplan.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

To add to Vanguard's comments see this link:
http://dssresources.com/history/sshistory30.html

And this post may be of interest:

Chip Pearson
Sep 9 2004, 7:29 pm show options

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I think the only way is to save your MultiPlan files as text or
csv files, and import those in to Excel. Excel does not have the
capability to import MultiPlan files.

--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[Juan I. Cahis]

Alias, if you are sure that your file is a Multiplan file, I have
Excel 5.0a installed on a Windows 3.1 VMware Virtual Machine on my PC,
and that version of Excel can read Multiplan files.

So, if you want, email the file to me and I will try to convert it to
an excel file.

Vanguard,

Thanks for the info about that file type.

Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

 

[Lem]

Hello,

I have a file with an .SPC file extension. After looking up the file
extension online it appears the software required to open or use it is called
Microsoft Multiplan.

Where can I find such software since I have never heard of anyone using it.

-A

For $35 (download) or $39 (CD) you can buy QuickView Plus, a very useful
file-viewing utility. Among other formats, it reads MS Multiplan v. 4
http://www.avantstar.com/stellent/groups/public/documents/word_files/quickviewplus8formats.pdf

 

[Uncle Joe]

Hello,


I have a file with an .SPC file extension. After looking up the file
extension online it appears the software required to open or use it is called
Microsoft Multiplan.

Where can I find such software since I have never heard of anyone using it.

-A

Microsoft Multiplan. Predecessor to Excel. Brings back lots of memories. Bad
ones. We ran fairly complex Multiplan charts. Took days, not hours.

 

[Doug]

Microsoft Multiplan. Predecessor to Excel. Brings back lots of
memories. Bad
ones. We ran fairly complex Multiplan charts. Took days, not
hours.

==
I loved the old MultiPlan. It worked like a charm and had no
problem working with it.

Doug

 

[Gilles RONSIN]

==
I loved the old MultiPlan. It worked like a charm and had no
problem working with it.

Remember all we can do with MSDOS, 80286 and 1 Mo RAM (or less) ...