Comments on: Official Excel 12 Blog http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/23/official-excel-12-blog/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ross http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/23/official-excel-12-blog/#comment-16230 ross Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1245#comment-16230 <p>Yeah, thats a good point!!! 65536 is a lot of rows, but 255 cols?, I wounder if some better formations could have been found?</p> <p>I klnow that the limits are to do with computers internal workings (someting to do with binary progressions?), but could there logical be differnt grid formations? i.e total calls = 65536*255, but in a diffrent way - not that it matter much now of course!</p> Yeah, thats a good point!!! 65536 is a lot of rows, but 255 cols?, I wounder if some better formations could have been found?

I klnow that the limits are to do with computers internal workings (someting to do with binary progressions?), but could there logical be differnt grid formations? i.e total calls = 65536*255, but in a diffrent way – not that it matter much now of course!

]]> By: Ivan F Moala http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/23/official-excel-12-blog/#comment-16217 Ivan F Moala Sat, 24 Sep 2005 05:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1245#comment-16217 <p>I have to agree with Rob, 65536 is plenty, if we go over this then we need to ask if we are using it eff. or the right application. Columns however ... we need more of ..</p> I have to agree with Rob, 65536 is plenty, if we go over this then we need to ask if we are using it eff. or the right application. Columns however … we need more of ..

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/23/official-excel-12-blog/#comment-16211 Jon Peltier Sat, 24 Sep 2005 02:23:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1245#comment-16211 <p>You go, Rob. That's enough for each minute of that fortnight!</p> <p>- Jon</p> You go, Rob. That’s enough for each minute of that fortnight!

- Jon

]]> By: Rob van Gelder http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/23/official-excel-12-blog/#comment-16209 Rob van Gelder Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:27:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1245#comment-16209 <p>Just to add my 2c. (It's more like 1c when you consider the exchange rate)</p> <p>I personally feel that 65536 rows is plenty.<br> If I need more than that, then I'm doing something wrong.</p> <p>256 columns, on the other hand, is just not enough.<br> One app that comes to mind is a 14 day look ahead gantt chart. I'll be able to dedicate 1 column to each hour of that fortnight, something I can't do at the moment without spilling to a second sheet.</p> <p>Cheers,<br> Rob</p> Just to add my 2c. (It’s more like 1c when you consider the exchange rate)

I personally feel that 65536 rows is plenty.
If I need more than that, then I’m doing something wrong.

256 columns, on the other hand, is just not enough.
One app that comes to mind is a 14 day look ahead gantt chart. I’ll be able to dedicate 1 column to each hour of that fortnight, something I can’t do at the moment without spilling to a second sheet.

Cheers,
Rob

]]> By: XL-Dennis http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/23/official-excel-12-blog/#comment-16199 XL-Dennis Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1245#comment-16199 <p>Sorry Ross!</p> <p>We look forward to see post on public Excel forums with questions like "I got a 1 TB file and I wonder why Excel is so slow?" <img class="wp-smiley" alt=";)" src="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif"> </p> <p>Seriously, I really want to see that Excel is used for it's mainpurpose and as the UI for presentation of DSS-data.</p> <p>Kind regards,<br> Dennis</p> Sorry Ross!

We look forward to see post on public Excel forums with questions like “I got a 1 TB file and I wonder why Excel is so slow?” ;)

Seriously, I really want to see that Excel is used for it’s mainpurpose and as the UI for presentation of DSS-data.

Kind regards,
Dennis

]]> By: ross http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/23/official-excel-12-blog/#comment-16186 ross Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:29:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1245#comment-16186 <p>arrrrr come on Dennis! you and I both know that people are going to store loads of data in excel now!</p> <p>I think it's time to maybe start thinking/looking trying to make excel in to a simple DB - well give better tools than current versions! Becasue people <b>will</b> use it like a BD, for sure!</p> arrrrr come on Dennis! you and I both know that people are going to store loads of data in excel now!

I think it’s time to maybe start thinking/looking trying to make excel in to a simple DB – well give better tools than current versions! Becasue people will use it like a BD, for sure!

]]> By: XL-Dennis http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/23/official-excel-12-blog/#comment-16183 XL-Dennis Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:46:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1245#comment-16183 <p>For users with a *really* need this is a welcome improvement.</p> <p>Hm, I can only hope that users use this available capacity with good judgement, i e not to believe that it's a good place to store historical / irrelevant data in. </p> <p>I wonder what this will mean when it comes to filesize, performance and stability of the workbooks.</p> <p>After all, Excel is still a spreadsheet software and not a flat database tool <img class="wp-smiley" alt=";)" src="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif"> </p> <p>Kind regards,<br> Dennis</p> For users with a *really* need this is a welcome improvement.

Hm, I can only hope that users use this available capacity with good judgement, i e not to believe that it’s a good place to store historical / irrelevant data in.

I wonder what this will mean when it comes to filesize, performance and stability of the workbooks.

After all, Excel is still a spreadsheet software and not a flat database tool ;)

Kind regards,
Dennis

]]> By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/23/official-excel-12-blog/#comment-16182 Dick Kusleika Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1245#comment-16182 <p>Only 17 billion cells? Why do they limit me so? <img class="wp-smiley" alt=":)" src="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"> </p> Only 17 billion cells? Why do they limit me so? :)

]]> By: ross http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/23/official-excel-12-blog/#comment-16181 ross Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:38:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1245#comment-16181 <p>wow, all those cells - i feel faint!</p> wow, all those cells – i feel faint!

]]> By: Rob van Gelder http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/23/official-excel-12-blog/#comment-16177 Rob van Gelder Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:33:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1245#comment-16177 <p>Great First Post! - If only I was a betting man, I'd be $5 richer <img class="wp-smiley" alt=":)" src="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"> </p> Great First Post! – If only I was a betting man, I’d be $5 richer :)

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