Oak® Software, Inc.
Serving IBM Midrange Customers Since 1978.
Oak® Software, Inc. has served more than 1000 customers since 1978. We offer helpful, knowledgeable telephone support; training classes on-site and in our Florida office; and custom modifications. But most of all, at Oak® Software, Inc. we listen to our customers.
IBM AS/400 Software from Oak® Software, Inc.:
Oak® Help Manager Create Help text and documentation easily Oak® ISO Organizer Document control for ISO/9000 OakWord® Comprehensive office automation with word processing MiniWord Easy and powerful word processing MAIL MANager The E-MAIL solution for the AS/400 DeskWorks DeskWorks Spreadsheet Save Output Queue A Complete Spool File Management System For The AS/400 Order form Fill it in and e-mail or fax it back.
Oak® Software, Inc. P.O. Box 400 Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785 Phone: 1-727-596-0262 Fax: Call for number
The Oak® Help Manager makes window help text as easy to create and maintain as typing. The Oak® Help Manager creates UIM window help text, the kind used by IBM on the AS/400. The Oak® Help Manager reads your DSPF source and prompts for help information, inserting all necessary keywords into your DSPF and building UIM (User Interface Manager) help text. Once entered, the help information can be easily formatted into professional-looking printed documentation complete with tables of contents and pictures of your display screens.
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You need a quality product to compete in the global marketplace. The internationally accepted proof that your plant produces quality products is ISO/9000 or QS-9000 certification. The number one reason that companies fail their certification is poor document control.
The Oak ISO Organizer will meet your document control needs utilizing your IBM AS/400 computer. Some users may view documents for specific departments. Others may print and others may make changes. Complete audit trail is maintained. Printed documents are serial numbered for replacement when changes are made. "Templates", similar to on-line tables of contents organize the documents.
The Oak ISO Organizer works with either WordPerfect or Word on PC's under client-server, "dumb" terminals, or a mixed environment. Included are all programs necessary to produce on-line and printed documentation, including quality manuals, procedures and work instructions. Pre-defined "templates" follow the QS-9000, ISO/9001, ISO/9002, ISO/9003 and ISO/14000 requirements.
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OakWord® adds powerful word processing and office automation functions to your AS/400. A full-screen, full-function text editor allowing unlimited insertion and removal of text with automatic realignment of paragraphs is just the beginning. OakWord® has many features you won't find in other programs, such as a spelling dictionary with 78,000+ words, an integrated spread sheet, an interface to your data processing files that can process multiple files at once, a built-in customer file that can be used for correspondence or to maintain mailing lists or databases. OakWord® does mass mailings and mail-merges using the built-in customer file or your data files. OakWord® has advanced functions like a readability index to tell you how educated your readers have to be, and a print preview to show you exactly what your document will look like before it's printed.
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MiniWord adds basic, easy-to-use word processing to the AS/400 and features a spelling dictionary with 78,000+ words. MiniWord includes a full-screen, full-function text editor that allows for unlimited insertion and removal of text with automatic realignment of paragraphs, automatic pagination, a "print preview" function and many more features. MiniWord prints documents in either the interactive environment or submitted to batch mode. MiniWord is SAA-compliant, and uses regular workstations or attached PC's.
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MAIL MANager's operation is straightforward and supported by full cursor-sensitive, on-line help text. When the help text is needed, it is presented via pop-up, movable windows so that the user may view the help text and the screen at the same time.
MAIL MANager's features are so numerous that we couldn't
possibly list them all. A partial list of MAIL MANager's features
includes...
A simple, easy-to-use text editor that has a built-in
spelling assistant and spellchecker. Our spelling dictionary
contains over 112,000 words and abbreviations. Mail threading,
allowing users to view or print all mail within a specific thread.
Confidential mail. Blind copies. Urgent mail. Acknowledgment
messages. Forward/delete/reply to mail while viewing. Automatic
forwarding of mail. Mail folders with automatic purging. PUBLIC
and PRIVATE distribution lists. Three types of users. Distributed
user maintenance. Extensive networking capabilities. And many,
many, many more!
MAIL MANager's networking capabilities may be one of its most
useful features. MAIL MANager will utilize any APPC or APPN
network configuration in place. MAIL MANager uses proprietary
APPC programs to exchange information with remote locations.
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DeskWorks provides AS/400 users with the ability to use the AS/400 for spreadsheet
processing, supporting the creation, revision, storage, and printing of spreadsheets.
Full screen interactive spreadsheet display Advanced spreadsheet features: variable
column widths, titles, multiple windows, sort, cut, paste, search, cell protection,
range names, and macros Over 80 functions for use in formulas Built-in "Quick
Chart" graphics Interfaces to OfficeVision/400® and Business Graphics Utility
User interface similar to OfficeVision/400 Ease of operation, with full Help
key support Multiple user support Spreadsheet sizes of up to 999 columns by
9,999 rows. Full screen spreadsheet display. The entire screen is used to display
spreadsheet data. Eighteen rows and a variable number of columns (depending
on column widths) are shown. Point mode for cell selection. Cells and ranges
can be selected by using the spreadsheet cursor movement keys to highlight the
desired cells, instead of entering cell addresses. Cell formulas of up to 156
characters long. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponentiation,
string combination, and logical operations are supported, as well as the ability
to reference other cell values within a formula. Formulas can include up to
10 levels of nested expressions (functions with parameters count as 2 levels).
Relative and absolute cell references. Cell references in formulas can be relative,
absolute, or mixed, so that the user has control over which references are changed
when a formula is moved or copied. Names can also be assigned to cells and ranges,
for easier readability. Over 80 functions for use in formulas. Mathematical,
logical, special, string, date and time, financial, and statistical functions
are provided. Some of the special functions allow interactive retrieval of data
from other DeskWorks spreadsheet members, from Lotus worksheet files, and from
AS/400 database files and queries. Numeric and string results. Numeric results
can be up to 10 digits to the left and 7 digits to the right of the decimal.
String results can be up to 74 characters long. String results wider than the
column width will flow to adjoining empty cells. 12 cell display formats. Cell
results may be shown in 6 numeric formats (numeric, edited numeric, dollar,
per cent, date, and time), 3 string formats (left-justified, right-justified,
and centered), 2 graphic formats (asterisk and plus/minus), and 1 universal
format (non-display). The Quick Chart feature allows easy display of 6 types
of graphic charts. Built-in graphics. A Quick Chart feature allows the display
of line graphs, surface charts, histograms, bar charts, pie charts, and Venn
diagrams on a graphics-capable display, printer, or plotter, with a minimum
amount of setup. No additional graphics software is required. Flexible database
import/export. Formula functions can be used to create a 'dynamic link' to database
files, or database files can be imported into the spreadsheet with record selection,
sorting, and specifications for up to 100 data fields. Spreadsheet data can
also be exported to database files for use by other AS/400 applications. Several
consolidation methods. A formula function can be used to create a 'dynamic link'
to other DeskWorks spreadsheet members and Lotus® worksheet files, cut and paste commands can be used
to transfer data between spreadsheets, or spreadsheet data can be merged in
batch mode. Interfaces to PC software. Comma delimited file support allows data
to be exchanged with personal computer software, such as spreadsheet and database
programs. Interfaces to office software. Spreadsheet data and graphics can be
included into OfficeVision/400 or other word processing software documents.
Spreadsheet data can also be exported to Business Graphics Utility (BGU) for
advanced graphing capability. Macros. In-spreadsheet macros can be created to
perform tasks automatically and to design custom applications for users unfamiliar
with spreadsheets. DeskWorks clipboard. The clipboard can be used to copy data
to another location on the same spreadsheet, copy data to other spreadsheets,
or communicate with user-written programs. Spreadsheet cursor movement. The
spreadsheet cursor may be moved one cell, an entire page, or to the upper left
cell of the display or spreadsheet. Go to Cell. The spreadsheet cursor may be
moved directly to a specified cell and window, either by entering the new cell
and window on a display, or by pointing to the cell with the display station
cursor. Change Column Width. The width of a specified column may be changed.
Columns can be 0-74 characters wide. Delete Column/Row. Entire columns or rows
of cells may be deleted. Edit Cell Formula. The display format, number of decimal
places to display, and formula for the current cell may be entered or changed.
Print Spreadsheet. The spreadsheet cell values or formulas may be printed to
a printer or disk file. If a cell value listing is requested which exceeds the
form width, the additional columns will be continued on the following pages.
Cell formula listings are also adjusted to print in the available area. Range
Options. A cell or range of cells may be copied, moved, formatted, erased, protected,
unprotected, copied changing the formulas to values, added or subtracted to
destination cells, assigned a name, or searched. Insert Column/Row. Entire columns
or rows of blank cells may be inserted. Recalculate. The entire spreadsheet
may be recalculated. The recalculation is performed in 'natural order', which
means that a formula is not calculated until all of the other formulas it depends
on have been calculated. Global Options. The Page keys cursor movement option,
cursor auto-move direction and scroll option, default cell display format and
number of decimal places to display, default column width, cell protection option,
auto-execute macro option and location, size of display, display function keys
option, and load external spreadsheets option may be specified. Title Options.
Columns and rows may be fixed in place so that they remain on the display when
the spreadsheet is scrolled, and appear on each page when the spreadsheet is
printed. Window Options. The spreadsheet area may be split to view up to 4 different
sections of the spreadsheet at the same time. Sort Rows. A range of rows may
be sorted by the values contained in one or two columns. Run Options. A spreadsheet
macro may be executed, a graphics chart may be displayed using the built-in
Quick Chart feature or BGU, or a user-written program may be executed. Cut/Export.
Spreadsheet data can be copied to the DeskWorks clipboard, or exported to a
database or comma delimited file. Paste/Import. Data can be copied from the
DeskWorks clipboard, or imported from a database or comma delimited file to
the spreadsheet. Spreadsheet merge. A batch command is provided to merge a master
(or template) spreadsheet with data from up to 20 other spreadsheets. The merge
spreadsheet cell data can be added, subtracted, or copied to the master spreadsheet
cells. File to spreadsheet download. A batch command is provided to create a
DeskWorks Spreadsheet member from an AS/400 data file when large amounts of
data are to be downloaded. Record selection, sorting, and specifications for
up to 100 data fields to be included in the spreadsheet are supported. Conversion
to and from Lotus worksheets. Batch commands are provided to convert between
Lotus worksheet files and DeskWorks Spreadsheet, including conversion of cell
values, formulas, range names, and cell formatting. User interface similar to
OfficeVision/400. A Work with Spreadsheets interface provides functions to manage
DeskWorks Spreadsheet members, using commands and displays similar to those
used in OfficeVision/400. Ease of operation. DeskWorks Spreadsheet has been
designed to be easy to learn and use by the AS/400 display station user, with
a minimum of training required. The user may press Help on any display for an
explanation of the various functions and options available. Library storage.
DeskWorks Spreadsheet members are stored as compressed file members in AS/400
libraries, enabling the use of AS/400 utilities for off-line storage of members,
and the use of AS/400 resource security for security considerations. Multiple
user support. DeskWorks Spreadsheet may be used by any number of users concurrently.
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