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Microsoft Excel Excess Formatting Cleaner Add-in

Brief Description
This Excel Add-in helps to remove excess formatting in workbooks.

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Quick Details
File Name:xlsclean.exe
Version:1.0
Date Published:4/7/2004
Language:English
Download Size:97 KB
Estimated Download Time: 1 min 56K

Overview

The Excel Excess Formatting Cleaner Add-in program removes all formatting that has been applied beyond the cell range that contains data, or beyond the cell range that is covered by shapes, in each worksheet in the workbook. This reduces the file size of a converted Lotus 1-2-3 file or of a file that has formatting applied beyond the data range.

You can also use this add-in program to resolve various printing and viewing problems that are caused by extra formatting that is applied outside the last cell (as defined by the UsedRange property to determine which cells in the worksheet contain data). This add-in automates one of the most frequent steps that Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) support professionals perform when they are troubleshooting these issues.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 95; Windows 98; Windows ME; Windows NT; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP
  • Supported versions of Microsoft Excel: Microsoft Excel 97, Microsoft Excel 2000, Microsoft Excel 2002, and Microsoft Office Excel 2003.

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Instructions

  1. Click the Download button.

  2. When prompted, click Open.

  3. Click Yes to accept the End-User License Agreement.

  4. Specify a folder to unzip the Add-in or use the default folder, c:/xlsclean.

  5. Click Unzip.

  6. Go to the folder you specified or c:/xlsclean and double-click XSFormatCleaner.xla to run the add-in.

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