File size limits in Excel-2003
 

Are there any file size limits to an Excel-2003 file?
Do you see any slowing down of performance after the file size increases
beyond a limit?
Are the any limits to the number of sheets that can be inserted in Excel -
2003

File size limits in Excel-2003
 

Sam

See help on "specifications" for answers to these and other questions.

Also check out Charles Williams' site for info on optimizing speed and
bottlenecks.

http://www.decisionmodels.com/optspeedd.htm


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:47:02 -0700, Sam wrote:

Are there any file size limits to an Excel-2003 file?
Do you see any slowing down of performance after the file size increases
beyond a limit?
Are the any limits to the number of sheets that can be inserted in Excel -
2003

File size limits in Excel-2003
 

FWIW, we might categorize this as interesting XL trivia:
(Who would want/need this many sheets?)

Max number of worksheets - 5,447

Trying to insert another to make 5,448 sheets, caused XL to crash.

As tested by Dana in XL07,
And verified by Harlan in XL03.

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Regards,

RD

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Are there any file size limits to an Excel-2003 file?
Do you see any slowing down of performance after the file size increases
beyond a limit?
Are the any limits to the number of sheets that can be inserted in Excel -
2003