jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Dec 4 08:13:32 CST 2007
ROTFL. Now wun ya think they could just name their file .ZIP? Is my client's security going to complain about the XLSX extension so that I have to zip an already zipped file in order to hand it off? Thanks for sharing the dirty secret. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:02 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Excel 2007 size doesn't compress Hi John Rename your john.xlsx file to john.zip and you'll see! /gustav >>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 04-12-2007 14:57:34 >>> I just generated an Excel spreadsheet with an XLSX file extension (new to me). The file is 8 megs and so I zipped it. It shrank less than 1%. Is there built-in encryption or some other reason that the spreadsheet should not compress? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com