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From: lefty@twg.com (David N. Schlesinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Where to find SYLK format?
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Date: 26 Feb 90 17:19:36 GMT
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In article <361@fornax.UUCP> mcdonald@fornax.UUCP (Ken Mcdonald) writes:
> If I'm not mistaken, SYLK is kind of an industry standard for storing
> spreadsheets.  (Not standard in the sense that all packages store their
> data in this format, but in the sense that almost all packages can
> read and write SYLK format.)  Is this correct?  And, where could I
> find a SYLK specification.

Microsoft defined the SYLK format originally for use with their MultiPlan 
spreadsheet, and the MultiPlan manuals used to have an appendix with the 
SYLK specification.  Maybe Microsoft can help you out on this one (big 
maybe...) or maybe you can get hold of a MultiPlan manual from some macho hacker with a taste for antediluvian software...

Rots o' ruck,

Lefty

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