Quattro Pro

E171253

software application spreadsheet software

Quattro Pro is a spreadsheet software program, originally developed by Borland and later owned by Corel, known for competing with Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft Excel.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Quattro Pro canonical	1
Quattro Pro 5.0	1
Quattro Pro 6.0	1
Quattro Pro 8	1
Quattro Pro X3	1
Quattro Pro X5	1
Quattro Pro X7	1
Quattro Pro X9	1
Quattro Pro for DOS	1
Quattro Pro for Windows	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1490854 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Quattro Pro
Context triple: [Lotus 1-2-3, influenced, Quattro Pro]

A. MacWorks XL
MacWorks XL was a software environment that allowed Apple Lisa computers to run the Macintosh operating system and applications, effectively turning them into Macintosh-compatible systems.
B. Lotus 1-2-3
Lotus 1-2-3 is a pioneering spreadsheet software program for personal computers that became a dominant business application in the 1980s.
C. Corel Centre
Corel Centre was the original name of the multi-purpose arena in Ottawa, Ontario, that serves as the home of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators.
D. Apple iWork
Apple iWork is Apple's suite of productivity applications, including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, designed for document creation, spreadsheets, and presentations across macOS, iOS, and iCloud.
E. Adobe PageMaker
Adobe PageMaker was one of the first widely used desktop publishing applications, popular in the 1980s and 1990s for creating professional-quality printed documents such as brochures, newsletters, and books.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Quattro Pro
Target entity description: Quattro Pro is a spreadsheet software program, originally developed by Borland and later owned by Corel, known for competing with Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft Excel.

A. MacWorks XL
MacWorks XL was a software environment that allowed Apple Lisa computers to run the Macintosh operating system and applications, effectively turning them into Macintosh-compatible systems.
B. Lotus 1-2-3
Lotus 1-2-3 is a pioneering spreadsheet software program for personal computers that became a dominant business application in the 1980s.
C. Corel Centre
Corel Centre was the original name of the multi-purpose arena in Ottawa, Ontario, that serves as the home of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators.
D. Apple iWork
Apple iWork is Apple's suite of productivity applications, including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, designed for document creation, spreadsheets, and presentations across macOS, iOS, and iCloud.
E. Adobe PageMaker
Adobe PageMaker was one of the first widely used desktop publishing applications, popular in the 1980s and 1990s for creating professional-quality printed documents such as brochures, newsletters, and books.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	software application ⓘ spreadsheet software ⓘ
competesWith	Lotus 1-2-3 ⓘ Excel ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Excel
developer	Borland ⓘ Corel Corporation ⓘ surface form: Corel
feature	cell formatting ⓘ charting tools ⓘ database functions ⓘ formula editor ⓘ graphing capabilities ⓘ macro language support ⓘ multiple worksheet support ⓘ pivot table–like data analysis ⓘ
fileFormat	.qpw ⓘ .wb1 ⓘ .wb2 ⓘ .wb3 ⓘ
formerOwner	Borland ⓘ
genre	productivity software ⓘ
hasFeature	data filtering ⓘ scenario management ⓘ tabbed worksheets ⓘ
includedIn	Corel WordPerfect Office ⓘ surface form: Corel WordPerfect Office Professional Edition
initialReleaseDate	1988 ⓘ
license	proprietary software license ⓘ
notableVersion	Quattro Pro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quattro Pro 5.0 Quattro Pro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quattro Pro 6.0 Quattro Pro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quattro Pro 8 Quattro Pro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quattro Pro X3 Quattro Pro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quattro Pro X5 Quattro Pro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quattro Pro X7 Quattro Pro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quattro Pro X9 Quattro Pro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quattro Pro for DOS Quattro Pro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quattro Pro for Windows
operatingSystem	MS-DOS ⓘ surface form: DOS Windows ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Windows OS/2 ⓘ
ownedBy	Corel Corporation ⓘ surface form: Corel
partOf	Corel WordPerfect Office ⓘ surface form: WordPerfect Office
platform	x86 ⓘ
programmingLanguage	C ⓘ
supportsExport	.pdf ⓘ Microsoft Excel files ⓘ
supportsFileFormat	.csv ⓘ .xls ⓘ .xlsx ⓘ
supportsImport	Lotus 1-2-3 files ⓘ Microsoft Excel files ⓘ
userInterface	graphical user interface ⓘ