On 02/26/2008 01:54 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hello Luc, > > Thanks for writing ... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (25-2-2008 11:11)
>> Finally a detail that puzzles me somewhat: how does it come that the size of >> the same worksheets saved in Excel xls-format (as yet needed for >> compatibility >> reasons) goes up and down by some 25% depending on whether they are saved by >> Calc (~230 kb) or Excel (~180 kb), when going back and forth between both >> programs a few times a week is totally transparent? > > Seems obvious according to what you noticed, that Excel saves data in a > different way then OOo does. But how/why?? > If no one else on this list comes up with an answer, I would suggest > writing at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If the question is important enough > for you, of course. > That would be the $5M question... An Excel file (standard MS Excel 2000 - 8 columns, 27 rows, no macros - just simple data) with a file size of 14.5KB; when saved with OOo 2.4rc1 as an .xls grows to 112.0KB. The same Excel file when saved as an .ods actually shrinks to 11.4KB. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
