Quattro Pro

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File Format
Name Quattro Pro
Ontology
Extension(s) .wq1, .wq2, .wb1, .wb2, .wb3, .qpw, .snd
PRONOM x-fmt/121, x-fmt/122, others

Quattro Pro is a spreadsheet program. Originally developed by Borland, current releases are sold by Corel.

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Versions and identifiers

Format Version PRONOM Refer to
Quattro Pro Spreadsheet for DOS 1–4 x-fmt/121 WQ1
Quattro Pro Spreadsheet for DOS 5.0, 5.5 x-fmt/122 WQ2
Quattro Pro Spreadsheet for Windows 1, 5 fmt/834 WB1
Quattro Pro Spreadsheet for Windows 6 fmt/835 WB2
Quattro Pro Spreadsheet 7–8 fmt/836 WB3
Quattro Pro Spreadsheet 9–12, X3, X4 fmt/837 QPW

Software support

Microsoft Excel dropped support for all Quattro Pro formats 2010. A 2014 test with the (then current) Quattro Pro X7 showed that even though the software was still able to reads all formats, the support of the DOS formats had some limitations[1]. As of 2025, LibreOffice Calc can read Quattro Pro for DOS and Quattro Pro for Windows (version 6.0) files[2]. A 2025 update of the earlier 2014 test did reveal some limitations though, which are mainly related to handling of cached formula results, and compatibility issues between some native Quattro Pro functions and their LibreOffice Calc counterparts[3].

Sounds

Starting with Quattro Pro 3.0 you could create slide shows which included sounds. The sound files start with STEVE.H and usually have a .SND extension.

Sample files

References

  1. Quattro Pro for DOS: an obsolete format at last?
  2. Feature Comparison: LibreOffice - Microsoft Office
  3. Quattro Pro for DOS revisited: an obsolete format no more?
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