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Stanford |
Excel |
PowerPoint |
MS Works |
KaleidaGraph |
DeltaGraph |
SigmaPlot |
Origin |
| GENERAL | ||||||||
| Licence arrangements | CHEST site licence | Select deal | Select deal | Select deal | ||||
| Educational price - single /5-user/site-licence | 59.80/199.04/? | 59.80/199.04/? | 29.13/116.17/? | $124.50/$550/1250 | 105.00/?/? | 279.84/?/? | 330/1175/? | |
| Package Description | Scientific/Analysis with sophisticated presentation facilities | Spreadsheet with good charting facilites | Presentation, with simple data handling and chart facilities | Spreadsheet with simple database and charting facilities | Scientific | Business/Scientific | Scientific | Scientific/Analysis |
| Support | None | Microsoft Select Scheme | Microsoft Select Scheme | Microsoft Select Scheme | Contact sounds helpful. | Contact very helpful. E-mail response usually within 24 hours. | No help offered. or requested. | Contact very helpful. E-mail response within 24 hours. |
| Web Site of interest | www.vni.com/ stanford.dir/ stgrhome.html |
www.microsoft.com/ MSOffice/MSOfc/ ProductInfo/Brochure/ default.htm |
www.microsoft.com/ MSOffice/MSOfc/ ProductInfo/Brochure/ default.htm |
www.microsoft.com/ MSOffice/MSOfc/ ProductInfo/Brochure/ default.htm |
www.synergy.com/ kg.htm |
www.deltapoint.com/ dgpro/dg03002.htm |
www.jandel.com | www.microcal.com www.astonsci.co.uk |
| SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT | ||||||||
| Platform required | 386+ | 286+ Win 3.1 386+ Win 95/NT | 386+ | 386+ | 386+ | 386+ (best 486+) | 486/33+ | 386/33+ |
| Memory requirements | 4+Mb (best 8+Mb) | 4+Mb | 4+Mb | 3+Mb | 8+Mb | 8+Mb (best 16+Mb) | 8+Mb (best 16+Mb) | 4Mb+ |
| Disk requirements | 14+Mb | 11Mb | 12Mb | 16Mb | 3.6Mb + | 13Mb + | 7.2Mb + | 6Mb+ |
| Special Requirements | None | None | None | None | Win 3.1+ Win32s | Win 3.1+ Win32s | Win 3.1+ Win32s | Win 3.1+ Win32s |
| Network Version Available | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scripting Language Available | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| USER ENVIRONMENT | ||||||||
| User interface | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP | WIMP |
| Ease of use | Good, but graphing facilities quite basic. | Good, but graphing facilities quite basic. | Good, but graphing facilities quite basic. | Quite good. Limited no. of graph types. Quick to re-draw. | Good presentation Rich variety of graph types. Excellent preview of editing before fixing. Quick to re-draw after modifications (except Win 3.1). | Quite good, and excellent all-in-one window for altering object characteristics. Graph window blanks out when using scroll bars. | Good presentation. Rich variety of graph types. Excellent 3D viewing palette. Can crash on selecting Normal or B in Text Control Dialog Box in Win 95/NT. |
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| Documentation | Comprehensive - index pagerefs wrong | Comprehensive - Mac & Windows | 3.1 Comprehensive 95 Inadequate |
Comprehensive - Mac & Windows | Comprehensive - Mac & Windows | Comprehensive | Comprehensive (doc supplied for v4.0!) | |
| On-line help | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OLE support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (export only) |
| IMAGE FORMATS | ||||||||
| Import | AI, BMP CGM,CTM DRW,DXF EPS GIF, HPGL PCX TIFF WMF | BMP CDR, CGM DRW EPS HPGL PICT, PCX TIFF WMF, WPG |
BMP CDR, CGM DRW DXF, EPS GIF, HPGL JPEG, PCD PICT, PCX TIFF, TGA WMF, WPG |
EPS,PICT,TIFF | EPS,PICT,WMF | BMP CGM DRW,DXF EPS HPGL PICT, PCX TIFF WMF, WPG |
WMF | BMP,WMF |
| Export | BMP,WMF,CGM, EPS,TIFF | PICT | n/a | n/a | PICT,WMF | BMP,WMF,EPS PICT,PCX,TIFF |
WMF | BMP,EPS,WMF |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||||||||
| Slide Show Facilities | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Preview Print Facility | No | Yes | n/a | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Templates/Style-Sheets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clip Art Supplied | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Automatic backup facilities | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| DATE Package entry last altered | February-96 | April-97 | April-97 | April-97 | April-97 | April-97 | April-97 | April-97 |