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2 Document Structure 2.1.5 Availability of the Document Types The following illustration shows which document types are available in the different Excel versions: Excel 2.x worksheet Excel 3.0 worksheet Excel 3.0 workspace Excel 4.0 worksheet Excel 4.0 combined workbook/workspace Excel 5.0/7.0 workbook Excel 5.0/7.0 workspace Excel 8.0+ workbook Excel 8.0+ workspace 12
2.2 The Binary Interchange File Format 2.2 The Binary Interchange File Format The Excel file format is named BIFF (Binary Interchange File Format). It is used to store all types of documents: worksheet documents (➜2.1.2), workbook documents (➜2.1.3), and workspace documents (➜2.1.4). There are different versions of this file format, depending on the version of Excel that has written the file (➜2.1.1), and depending on the document type. 2.2.1 BIFF Versions for Worksheet/Workbook Documents The following table shows which Excel version writes which file format for worksheet and workbook documents: Excel version BIFF version Document type Excel 2.x BIFF2 Worksheet Excel 3.0 BIFF3 Worksheet Excel 4.0 BIFF4 Worksheet Excel 5.0 BIFF5 Workbook Excel 7.0 BIFF5 Workbook Excel 8.0 BIFF8 Workbook Excel 9.0 BIFF8 Workbook Excel 10.0 BIFF8 Workbook Excel 11.0 BIFF8 Workbook BIFF8 contains major changes towards older BIFF versions, for instance the handling of Unicode strings. 2.2.2 BIFF Versions for Workspace Documents The following table shows which Excel version writes which file format for workspace documents: Excel version BIFF version Document type Excel 2.x ─ ─ Excel 3.0 BIFF3W Workspace Excel 4.0 BIFF4W Combined workbook/workspace Excel 5.0 BIFF5W Workspace Excel 7.0 BIFF5W Workspace Excel 8.0 BIFF8W Workspace Excel 9.0 BIFF8W Workspace Excel 10.0 BIFF8W Workspace Excel 11.0 BIFF8W Workspace 13
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5.1 Overview, Ordered by Record Ide
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5.22 COUNTRY 5.22 COUNTRY BIFF2 BIF
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6 Drawing Objects 6 Drawing Objects
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10.3 INDEX 10.3 INDEX BIFF3W BIFF4W
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