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From: jinli@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Jin Tonic Li)
Date: Wed, 8-Nov-89 00:11:52 EST
Message-ID: <1989Nov8.001152.7255@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: MS Excel's signature and data format
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I am trying to save the data for one of my own application program in Microsoft
Excel(Mac version) format so that I can do some simple data analysis using MS
Excel.  I have the following questions:

1. What are the creator and file type id's for Microsoft Excel?
   [I have tried 'XCEL' and 'WKS ' respectively.]

2. For worksheet files, how are the data saved?(in row or column major manner?
   any magic #s? special row/column delimiter? traps for # and string types?)

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