• How to dig into Excel files using the Office XML file format

    Posted on May 27, 2024 at 02:45 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

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    Mary Branscombe

    By Mary Branscombe

    The tools built into Excel assume colleagues might make honest mistakes. If you suspect something more nefarious, look in the XML of the file for clues.

    Last time, I looked at what’s inside an Office document. In essence, it is a package of different files that contain both the content and the formatting of your document, kept together in what is effectively a ZIP file.

    For Excel, this file collection also includes a lot of information about how a spreadsheet was put together.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.22.0, 2024-05-27).
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