WORKSHEET FILE FORMAT 
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                      APPENDIX A - CELL FORMAT ENCODING

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                      APPENDIX A:  Cell Format Encoding 


 The first byte of a content-related record contains a cell format code. 

 Format is determined at the bit level. 


 Table 8   Cell Format Encoding 

 Bit number     Description               Code             Meaning 
 7              protection                1                protected 
                                          0                unprotected 

 4,5,6          format type               0                fixed 
                                          1                scientific 
                                                             notation 
                                          2                currency 
                                          3                percent 
                                          4                comma 
                                          5                unused 
                                          6                unused 
                                          7                special 
 0,1,2,3        number of decimal         0-15 
                 places decoded  
                 (if format type = 0-6) 

                special format type       0                +/- 
                (if format type = 7)      1                general 
                                          2                day-month-year 
                                          3                day-month 
                                          4                month-year 
                                          5                text 
                (Symphony only)           6                hidden 
                (Symphony only)           7                date;hour-min-sec 
                (Symphony only)           8                date;hour-min 
                (Symphony only)           9                date;intnt'l1 
                (Symphony only)           10               date;intnt'l1 
                (Symphony only)           11               time;intnt'l1 
                (Symphony only)           12               time;intnt'l2 
                                          13-14            unused 
                                          15               default 







 EXAMPLE 

 Currency format, two decimal places, unprotected cell 


 Bit Number    7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0 
 Binary Code   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0 
                   --------- 
                  Format Type ---------------  
               Protection     Number of Decimal Places 
                                  or Special Format 

 The byte number is 0. 
 The hex code is 22. 


 Example 

 Special format, month-year, protected cell 


 Bit Number     7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0 
 Binary Code    1   1   1   1   0   1   0   0 
                    --------- 
                   Format Type  ------------- 
                 Protection    Number of Decimal Places 
                                  or Special Format 


 The byte number is 0. 
 The hex code is F4.