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From: wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Anyone heard of a "Sylk" file format?
Message-ID: <1830@naucse.UUCP>
Date: 29 Nov 89 18:29:29 GMT
References: <11592@cbnews.ATT.COM>
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Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
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From article <11592@cbnews.ATT.COM>, by mveh2@cbnews.ATT.COM (edward.holdgate.iv):
> 	I came across a reference to a DOS file format refered to as
> 	"Sylk".  Does anyone know what this is or what environment
> 	uses these files?  Is it a European standard?  Anyone know
> 	of a reference book of file formats I could look in?  
>
Sylk (Symbolic Link) format is used by Microsoft for their Multiplan
spreadsheet package.  It is used to describe cell formatting etc.
like that used by other spreadsheet formats.  You can find a des-
cription of the format in the book "FIle Formats for Popular PC
Software" by Jeff Walden.

 
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