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Yes, Tim. It was actually "Save as XML Spreadsheet" and generated by Excel
2002.
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim.Bray@Sun.COM [mailto:Tim.Bray@Sun.COM] On Behalf Of Tim Bray
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 1:30 PM
To: Stephen E. Beller
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Data streams
On Dec 6, 2004, at 10:08 AM, Stephen E. Beller wrote:
> I tried Steven's experiment from a different angle. I filled an Excel
> XP
> spreadsheet with a single-digit number, saved it in both XML and in a
> comma-delimited text file (CSV). I then compressed both with WinZip
> and then
> opened both with Excel. Here's what I found:
>
> The XML file was 840MB, the CSV 34MB -- a 2,500% difference
> Compressed, the XML file was 2.5MB, the CSV 0.00015MB (150KB) -- a
> 1,670%
> difference.
A quick question: was the XML that produced by the built-in Office 2003
"save as XML"? -Tim
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