---
title: "Files II – A File Handling Utility"
type: "article"
slug: "files-ii-a-file-handling-utility"
url: "http://localhost/article/files-ii-a-file-handling-utility/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/files-ii-a-file-handling-utility.md"
published_at: "2026-02-08T01:50:04+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-02-08T01:50:04+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "As a veteran of some six years of using TASKMASTER as my multitasking control software in a gradually improving hardware environment, I have had many an occasion to be thankful for it's fine characteristics. Among these, I would cite particularly the ease with which one can jump around amongst the four Psion programs. These have…"
category:
  - name: "International QL Report"
    slug: "international-ql-report"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/international-ql-report/"
post_tag:
  - name: "QL"
    slug: "ql"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ql/"
  - name: "Software review"
    slug: "software-review"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/software-review/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair QL"
    slug: "sinclair-ql"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/sinclair-ql/"
indiv:
  - name: "Alan Hodge"
    slug: "alan-hodge"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/alan-hodge/"
publication_r:
  id: 33740
  title: "International QL Report"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/international-ql-report/"
authors_r:
  - name: "Alan Hodge"
    slug: "alan-hodge"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/alan-hodge/"
volume: "2"
issue: "5"
issues_articles:
  - id: 37218
    title: "International QL Report V2 I5"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/international-ql-report-v2-i5/"
pages: "192-196"
pubdate: "January/February 1993"
archive_link: false
---

# Files II – A File Handling Utility

As a veteran of some six years of using TASKMASTER as my multitasking control software in a gradually improving hardware environment, I have had many an occasion to be thankful for it’s fine characteristics. Among these, I would cite particularly the ease with which one can jump around amongst the four Psion programs. These have been routinely loaded along with Speedscreen and Spellbound since I acquired sufficient RAM, and I have also appreciated the relative ease of data transfer between them using the Import and Export functions. For instance, I have routinely transferred a limited area of a large spreadsheet to Quill, then saved it as a _doc file and printed it out using condensed mode. This is convenient and saves both paper and disk space.