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XLStylesTool ReadMea

This tool removes unused cell styles, problematic named ranges, and hidden ranges from Excel workbooks to reduce file size and improve stability. It has options to force all cell styles to "Normal" and remove external references and unused custom formats. Applying these cleanup options can significantly reduce the file size, in some cases from 4MB to only 40KB, while preserving cell formatting through the Excel file save process. However, the tool only works on unencrypted .xlsx files and cannot clean up binary .xlsb files.

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XLStylesTool ReadMea

This tool removes unused cell styles, problematic named ranges, and hidden ranges from Excel workbooks to reduce file size and improve stability. It has options to force all cell styles to "Normal" and remove external references and unused custom formats. Applying these cleanup options can significantly reduce the file size, in some cases from 4MB to only 40KB, while preserving cell formatting through the Excel file save process. However, the tool only works on unencrypted .xlsx files and cannot clean up binary .xlsb files.

Uploaded by

Jae Huan Yoo
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© © All Rights Reserved
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How to use XLStylesTool.

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Description:
This OOXML based tool removes unused cell styles, stubborn styles that you can't d
elete through
Excel UI, bad named ranges, named ranges with external references, unhides non-s
ystem created
hidden named ranges. This tool will work on workbooks with protected sheets and
read-only password
protected workbooks in about 1-2 sec.
Features and options
Styles:
Feature: removes all unused styles from the workbook. Unused style = style that
is defined in the
workbook, but is not used in any cells.
Option: has an option to force all cell styles to Normal . <- Produces the best res
ults when it
comes to size and workbook stability.
IMPORTANT: you will NOT lose any cell formatting if you force all styles to 'Nor
mal'. This option
simply resets cell style property to 'Normal' and doesn't alter any of already a
pplied format
settings.
This option will get you the most stable and the cleanest version of your workbo
ok. If your file
scan shows that Styles Max ID is not equal to Style Node Count minus 1 (this is
an indication
that you have very serious styles related corruption in the file) I strongly rec
ommend that you
force all styles to 'Normal'.
Named Ranges:
Feature: removes all bad named ranges. Criteria for bad named range = named rang
e that refers to #REF! .
Option: has an option to remove named ranges that refer to external sources. Th
ese typically
contribute to a huge workbook size bloat and most users are unaware that they ev
en have huge
caches in their workbooks because they have been hauling them around literally f
or years.
Option: has an option to unhide hidden named ranges. Handles cases where named
ranges are hidden
and therefore are invisible to the users that are trying to clean up the workboo
k manually.
NOTE: system generated named ranges with valid references will remain untouched
and hidden.
The app user has the ability to analyze the impact of various selected options o
n the file and

assess the impact of all selections before saving the changes. The actual file w
on t be altered
and written to disk until you choose to do so. However, the file should be saved
via Excel
client to complete the cleanup process. Excel file save process does a lot of wo
rk to finish the
process of getting rid of unused styles, unused custom number formats, unused ca
ched data, etc
You may expect workbook sizes to drop significantly.
In some extreme cases I've seen size drops from 4MB down to 40KB after a cleanup
with subsequent
Excel client save.
Limitations:
OOXML tool limitations vs. VBA tools: it won t work on a fully encrypted workbook
a workbook
with a password to open it or binary files (files with xlsb extensions).

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