On Tue, 7 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>       - Saved it in Gnumeric XML format
> 
> Here are the results:
> 
>       -rw-r--r--  1 pll  pll 16384 May 7 08:26 sync_wr_performance1.xls.orig
>       -rw-r-----  1 pll  pll 15360 May 7 08:26 sync_wr_performance1-nosheets.xls
>       -rw-r--r--  1 pll  pll  2718 May 7 08:21 sync_wr_performance1.gnumeric
> 
> So, using Gnumeric just removing the 2 blank sheets from this file reduced
> the size of the file by over 1k.  Further, saving it as an XML file further 
> reduced it to 2.7k! That's slightly more than 1/6 the original size, 
> that's what, roughly an 84% reduction?!

The default xml format is zipped for gnumeric. I'd be willing to bet that
the majority of th esavings are due to the zipping...

- Marc



*****************************************************************
To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body.
*****************************************************************

Reply via email to