On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:48:20 -0400, smartin wrote:

Mycelium wrote:
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:10:51 -0400, smartin wrote:

If I create a spread sheet that has one sheet that performs lookups to
the 14 MB workbook, the spreadsheet that is a single row lookup of the
bigger workbook suddenly climbs to the exact same size as the workbook it
references. That is absolutely wrong!
Are you saying Excel failed your expectations here? Seems counter to
your argument. Maybe I misunderstood.

I never made an argument "for excel", idiot. Look at the statement.
It infers that ALL of the office apps have problems. You seem to thing I
was touting excel. I was not.

What I said was that a simple, one row spread sheet should be a simple
small file size, but if one performs a lookup to a large spreadsheet in
it, the file size suddenly grows to the size of the lookup workbook. That
is just plain stupid.

The problem you outline here can probably be explained by how Excel
caches linked data.

There is no need to fling insults around.

No one here can fix the applications. If you have an honest question,
post it. If you just want to bitch, take it outside.

I can post whatever I wish, ya little twit. Here or "outside".

Go be a netcop somewhere else, bitch.