[AccessD] OT: Excel 2007 size doesn't compress

Hi John

I just rename the files, zip or xls, to zi_, zip_, xls_ or xl_ and ask the receiver to save them and rename them.

/gustav

>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 04-12-2007 15:13:32 >>>
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 
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[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