I've never seen xl do this on its own. And I've never seen just
sending/receiving an email change the format of any cell.

But I have seen users modify characters in cells so that some are bold, some are
underlined, some are italicized, some are even different size (than the rest).

I sometimes change the color and boldness to highlight a specific word.

(I'd blame the sender <bg.)

But if you just want all the font the same size, just hit ctlr-a (twice when you
get to xl2003) and change the font size yourself.



Gene Goldenfeld wrote:

I received an Excel file (.xls) by email attachment, version unknown (I
have 2000). In it, some cells are 9pt and some 10pt, without clear
reason except it sometimes occurs on a few (but not all) entries in one
record. When I suggested that the sender go through and reset the font,
they responded that it has to do with the receiving end. Is there any
basis for that claim?

Gene

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Dave Peterson