The Microsoft Excel File Format - OpenOffice.org

5 Worksheet/Workbook Records
5.31 DEFAULTROWHEIGHT
BIFF2 BIFF3 BIFF4 BIFF5 BIFF8
0025 H 0225 H 0225 H 0225 H 0225 H
This record specifies the default height and default flags for rows that do not have a corresponding ROW record
(➜5.88).
Record DEFAULTROWHEIGHT, BIFF2:
Offset Size Contents
0 2 Default height for unused rows, in twips = 1 / 20 of a point
Bit Mask Contents
Record DEFAULTROWHEIGHT, BIFF3-BIFF8:
Offset Size Contents
0 2 Option flags:
0-14 7FFF H Default height for unused rows, in twips = 1 / 20 of a point
15 8000 H 1 = Row height not changed manually
Bit Mask Contents
0 0001 H 1 = Row height and default font height do not match
1 0002 H 1 = Row is hidden
2 0004 H 1 = Additional space above the row
3 0008 H 1 = Additional space below the row
2 2 Default height for unused rows, in twips = 1 / 20 of a point
5.32 DEFCOLWIDTH
BIFF2 BIFF3 BIFF4 BIFF5 BIFF8
0055 H 0055 H 0055 H 0055 H 0055 H
This record specifies the default column width for columns that do not have a specific width set using the records
COLWIDTH (BIFF2, ➜5.20), COLINFO (BIFF3-BIFF8, ➜5.18), or STANDARDWIDTH (➜5.101).
Record DEFCOLWIDTH, BIFF2-BIFF8:
Offset Size Contents
0 2 Column width in characters, using the width of the zero character from default font (first
FONT record in the file). Excel adds some extra space to the default width, depending on
the default font and default font size. The algorithm how to exactly calculate the resulting
column width is not known.
Example: The default width of 8 set in this record results in a column width of
8.43 using Arial font with a size of 10 points.
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