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October 29, 2009 at 02:10 PM
ct_taylor

Excel SpreadsheetML Specification

by ct_taylor . Updated 16 years, 8 months ago

I cannot find a SpeadsheetML reference that is specific to Excel 2007 or any version of Excel. Microsoft claims that they comply with Open Source XML, but I find that not to be true. I read the spread sheet section of the online book “Open XML by Wouter van Vugt”. His printed code samples do not open properly in Excel 2007. I downloaded this book from the Microsoft website. All I am trying to do is convert an xml document using xslt to an xml document that Excel can open without any prompts. I have had limited success using a code sample that I got from http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6163451.html and this works for me and has helped me a great deal. But it only demonstrates some of the syntax. I don’t know where I can get a complete reference so that I can use all the available elements. I have scanned the web over and over and cannot find an Excel SpreadsheetML reference to the element names. If anyone can help me I would appreciate it very much.

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