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Microsoft Excel 2002 Technical Articles

XML Spreadsheet Reference

Michael Stowe
Microsoft Corporation

August 2001

Applies to:
Microsoft® Excel 2002
Microsoft® Office XP Web Components Spreadsheet Component

Summary: This reference describes the elements and attributes that make up the XML Spreadsheet (XMLSS) schema
when the data in Microsoft Excel 2002 spreadsheets and Microsoft Office XP Spreadsheet Components is exported to the
Extensible Markup Language (XML) format. (53 printed pages)

Contents

How to Use This Reference

XML Spreadsheet Tag Hierarchy
<B> Tag
<c:ComponentOptions> Tag
<c:DisplayCustomHeaders> Tag
<c:HideOfficeLogo> Tag
<c:Toolbar> Tag
<c:WorksheetOptions> Tag
<Font> Tag
<I> Tag
<o:SmartTags> Tag
<o:SmartTagType> Tag
<S> Tag
<Span> Tag
<ss:Alignment> Tag
<ss:Border> Tag
<ss:Borders> Tag
<ss:Cell> Tag
<ss:Column> Tag
<ss:Comment> Tag
<ss:Data> Tag
<ss:Font> Tag
<ss:Interior> Tag
<ss:NamedCell> Tag
<ss:NamedRange> Tag
<ss:Names> Tag
<ss:NumberFormat> Tag
<ss:Protection> Tag
<ss:Row> Tag
<ss:Style> Tag
<ss:Styles> Tag
<ss:Table> Tag
<ss:Workbook> Tag
<ss:Worksheet> Tag
<stN:SmartTag> Tag
<Sub> Tag
<Sup> Tag
<U> Tag
<x:AutoFilter> Tag
<x:AutoFilterAnd> Tag
<x:AutoFilterColumn> Tag
<x:AutoFilterCondition> Tag
<x:AutoFilterOr> Tag
<x:Footer> Tag
<x:Header> Tag
<x:Layout> Tag
<x:PageMargins> Tag
<x:PageSetup> Tag
<x:PhoneticText> Tag
<x:WorksheetOptions> Tag

How to Use This Reference

To use this reference, click on the hyperlinked tag you're interested in as listed in the Contents section above. The easiest
way to see how these tags relate to each other is to export the data in a Microsoft® Excel 2002 spreadsheet or
Microsoft® Office XP Spreadsheet Component to the XML Spreadsheet (XMLSS) format and cross-reference the output
against the tags listed here.

To save the data from an Excel 2002 spreadsheet in the XMLSS format, on the File menu, click Save As. In the Save As
list, click XML Spreadsheet (*.xml). Type a file name into the File name list, and then click Save. Then open the XML
file in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5 or later to examine the XMLSS output.

To save the data from an Office XP Spreadsheet Component in the XMLSS format, click the Export to Microsoft Excel
button on the Spreadsheet Component's toolbar, and then follow the directions above to save the Excel 2002
spreadsheet's contents as XML.

XML Spreadsheet Tag Hierarchy

The hierarchy of tags in the XML Spreadsheet model is as follows:

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<ss:Workbook>
<ss:Styles>
<ss:Style>
<ss:Alignment/>
<ss:Borders>
<ss:Border/>
</ss:Borders>
<ss:Font/>
<ss:Interior/>
<ss:NumberFormat/>
<ss:Protection/>
</ss:Style>
</ss:Styles>
<ss:Names>
<ss:NamedRange/>
</ss:Names>
<ss:Worksheet>
<ss:Names>
<ss:NamedRange/>
</ss:Names>
<ss:Table>
<ss:Column/>
<ss:Row>
<ss:Cell>
<ss:NamedCell/>
<ss:Data>
<Font/>
<B/>
<I/>
<U/>
<S/>
<Sub/>
<Sup/>
<Span/>
</ss:Data>
<x:PhoneticText/>
<ss:Comment>
<ss:Data>
<Font/>
<B/>
<I/>
<U/>
<S/>
 <Sub/>
<Sup/>
<Span/>
</ss:Data>
</ss:Comment>
<o:SmartTags>
<stN:SmartTag/>
</o:SmartTags>
</ss:Cell>
</ss:Row>
</ss:Table>
<c:WorksheetOptions>
<c:DisplayCustomHeaders/>
</c:WorksheetOptions>
<x:WorksheetOptions>
<x:PageSetup>
<x:Layout/>
<x:PageMargins/>
<x:Header/>
<x:Footer/>
</x:PageSetup>
</x:WorksheetOptions>
<x:AutoFilter>
<x:AutoFilterColumn>
<x:AutoFilterCondition/>
<x:AutoFilterAnd>
<x:AutoFilterCondition/>
</x:AutoFilterAnd>
<x:AutoFilterOr>
<x:AutoFilterCondition/>
</x:AutoFilterOr>
</x:AutoFilterColumn>
</x:AutoFilter>
</ss:Worksheet>
<c:ComponentOptions>
<c:Toolbar>
<c:HideOfficeLogo/>
</c:Toolbar>
</c:ComponentOptions>
<o:SmartTagType/>
</ss:Workbook>

<B> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: ss:Data

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Specifies a change to bold within an Excel rich-text data stream.

<c:ComponentOptions> Tag

Used by: Spreadsheet component only

Parent element: ss:Workbook

 Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: c:Toolbar

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
This element contains information that is unique to the Spreadsheet component. Excel does not need to read or
understand this information.

<c:DisplayCustomHeaders> Tag

Used by: Spreadsheet component only

Parent element: c:WorksheetOptions

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Presence of this element indicates that the Spreadsheet component should display custom row and column headers for
this sheet, rather than the default "A, B, C..." and "1, 2, 3..." style row and column headers.

<c:HideOfficeLogo> Tag

Used by: Spreadsheet component only

Parent element: c:Toolbar

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Presence of this element indicates that the Office logo should be hidden. The default state is to show the Office logo,
hence the name HideOfficeLogo.

<c:Toolbar> Tag

Used by: Spreadsheet component only

Parent element: c:ComponentOptions

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: c:HideOfficeLogo

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: ss:Hidden

Description
This element contains information about the state of the Spreadsheet Component's toolbar.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:Hidden

Description: True specifies that the spreadsheet component's toolbar

is hidden. False (or omitted) specifies that it is visible.

Type: Boolean

<c:WorksheetOptions> Tag

Used by: Spreadsheet component only

Parent element: ss:Worksheet

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: c:DisplayCustomHeaders

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
This element contains worksheet options that are specific to the Spreadsheet component.

<Font> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: ss:Data

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: x:Color

Description
Specifies a font change within an Excel rich-text data stream.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: x:Color

Description: Specifies the font color to use.

Type: String

Default: 0

<I> Tag
 Used by: Excel only

Parent element: ss:Data

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Specifies a change to italic within an Excel rich-text data stream.

<o:SmartTags> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: ss:Cell

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: stN:SmartTag

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
A collection of SmartTag tags, each of which denote single instances of a smart tag on a cell.

The child tags of this collection have namespaces that have been defined at both the top of the document per XML
standards and with SmartTagType. stN (for example, st1, st2) is the common local alias for these namespaces. For
example, if a smart tag type is defined with a namespace of "urn:mycompany-com" and a name of "bar", expect child
tags called "<st1:bar>" where st1 refers to the urn:mycompany-com namespace.

To add smart tags to your workbook, go to the Smart Tags tab (AutoCorrect dialog box, Tools menu) and check all the
boxes. Smart tags are not available in the Spreadsheet component.

<o:SmartTagType> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Workbook

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: o:name, o:namespaceuri

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Defines a smart tag type category that is used within this workbook. A smart tag type is fully defined by both a
namespace and a tag name; this is what smart tag actions register to provide actions for, and what smart tag recognizers
pass to the applications as annotations.

To add smart tags to your workbook, go to the Smart Tags tab (AutoCorrect dialog box, Tools menu) and check all of
the boxes. Smart tags are not available in the Spreadsheet component.
Required Attributes

Attribute: o:name

Description: The tag name that this smart tag type is using.

Type: String

Attribute: o:namespaceuri

Description: The namespace that this smart tag type is associated

with.

Type: String

<S> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: ss:Data

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Specifies a change to strikethrough within an Excel rich-text data stream.

<Span> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: ss:Data

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
This element is used to save outline formatting, for example:
<Span ss:Style="text-effect:outline">
.

<ss:Alignment> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Style

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

 Optional attributes: ss:Horizontal, ss:Indent, ss:ReadingOrder,
ss:Rotate, ss:ShrinkToFit, ss:Vertical,
ss:VerticalText, ss:WrapText

Description
Defines the font alignment attributes to use in this style. Each attribute that is specified is considered an override from the
default.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:Horizontal

Description: Specifies the left-to-right alignment of text within a cell.

The Spreadsheet component does not support
CenterAcrossSelection, Fill, Justify, Distributed, and
JustifyDistributed.

Type: Enumeration—Automatic, Left, Center, Right, Fill,

Justify, CenterAcrossSelection, Distributed, and
JustifyDistributed

Default: Automatic

Attribute: ss:Indent

Description: Specifies the number of indents. This attribute is not

supported by the Spreadsheet component.

Type: Unsigned Long

Default: 0

Attribute: ss:ReadingOrder

Description: Specifies the default right-to-left text entry mode for a

cell. The Spreadsheet component does not support
Context.

Type: Enumeration—RightToLeft, LeftToRight, and Context

Default: Context

Attribute: ss:Rotate

Description: Specifies the rotation of the text within the cell. 90 is

straight up, 0 is horizontal, and -90 is straight down. The
Spreadsheet component does not support this attribute.

Type: Double

Default: 0

Attribute: ss:ShrinkToFit

Description: True means that the text size should be shrunk so that all
of the text fits within the cell. False means that the font
within the cell should behave normally. The Spreadsheet
component does not support this attribute.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

Attribute: ss:Vertical

Description: Specifies the top-to-bottom alignment of text within a cell.

Distributed and JustifyDistributed are only legitimate
values when ss:VerticalText is True. The Spreadsheet
component does not support Justify, Distributed, or
 JustifyDistributed.

Type: Enumeration—Automatic, Top, Bottom, Center,

Justify, Distributed, and JustifyDistributed

Default: Automatic

Attribute: ss:VerticalText

Description: Specifies whether the text is drawn "downwards",

whereby each letter is drawn horizontally, one above the
other. The Spreadsheet component does not support this
attribute.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

Attribute: ss:WrapText

Description: Specifies whether the text in this cell should wrap at the
cell boundary. False means that text either spills or gets
truncated at the cell boundary (depending on whether the
adjacent cell(s) have content). The Spreadsheet
component does not support this attribute.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

<ss:Border> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Borders

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: ss:Position

Optional attributes: ss:Color, ss:LineStyle, ss:Weight

Description
Defines a single border within this style's Borders collection. The Borders collection may contain up to six unique
Border elements. If duplicate Border elements exist, the behavior is unspecified and the XML Spreadsheet document is
considered invalid.

Required Attributes

Attribute: ss:Position

Description: Specifies which of the six possible borders this element

represents. Duplicate borders are not permitted and are
considered invalid. The Spreadsheet component does not
support DiagonalLeft or DiagonalRight.

Type: Enumeration—Left, Top, Right, Bottom, DiagonalLeft,

and DiagonalRight

Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:Color
 Description: Specifies the color of this border. This value can be either
a 6-hexadecimal digit number in "#rrggbb" format or it
can be any of the Microsoft® Internet Explorer named
colors (including the named Microsoft Windows® colors).
This string can also be the special value of "Automatic."
This string is case insensitive.

Type: String

Default: Automatic

Attribute: ss:LineStyle

Description: Specifies the appearance of this border. The Spreadsheet

component does not support SlantDashDot and Double.

Type: Enumeration—None, Continuous, Dash, Dot, DashDot,

DashDotDot, SlantDashDot, and Double

Default: None

Attribute: ss:Weight

Description: Specifies the weight (or thickness) of this border. This

measurement is specified in points, and the following
values map to Excel:
0—Hairline

1—Thin

2—Medium

3—Thick

Type: Double

Default: 0

<ss:Borders> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Style

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: ss:Border

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Defines the border properties for cells referencing this style. The Borders element contains no attributes; it is purely a
container for individual Border elements.

<ss:Cell> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Row

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: o:SmartTags, ss:Comment, ss:Data, ss:NamedCell,

x:PhoneticText

Required attributes: (none)

 Optional attributes: c:PasteFormula, ss:ArrayRange, ss:Formula,
ss:HRef, ss:Index, ss:MergeAcross, ss:MergeDown,
ss:StyleID, x:HRefScreenTip

Description
Defines a single cell within the contained row.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: c:PasteFormula

Description: Component only. Specifies the absolute formula stored in

this cell when a copy/paste occurs within the component.
All formulas are persisted in R1C1 notation because they
are significantly easier to parse and generate than A1-
style formulas. This attribute is specified whenever a user
copies a range of data with formulas. By default, formula
is not written if it refers to a cell out of the copy range.

Type: String

Attribute: ss:ArrayRange

Description: Specifies the range of cells onto which we apply an array

formula. When an array formula is specified, only the top-left
cell contains an ArrayRange and Formula attribute. Other
cells in the range do not contain ArrayRange or Formula.
This reference may be any valid reference as long as the
ss:ArrayRange attribute appears in the top-left corner of the
array. For example, this means if I have an array in cells
A1:B2, A1 must have the ArrayRange attribute, but the
specified range reference could be B1:A2.
Example:

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<ss:Table>
<ss:Row ss:Height="3">
<ss:Cell ss:ArrayRange="R1C1:R2C2"
ss:Formula="={1,2;3,4}">
<ss:Data
ss:Type="Number">1</ss:Data>
</ss:Cell>
<ss:Cell>
<ss:Data
ss:Type="Number">2</ss:Data>
</ss:Cell>
</ss:Row>
...
</ss:Table>

Type: String

Attribute: ss:Formula

Description: Specifies the formula stored in this cell. All formulas are
persisted in R1C1 notation because they are significantly
easier to parse and generate than A1-style formulas. The
formula is calculated upon reload unless calculation is set
to manual. Recalculation of the formula overrides the
value in this cell's Value attribute.

Type: String

Attribute: ss:HRef
Description: Specifies the URL to which to link this cell. The cell's
<Value> <Data> element displays the content to show
on-screen.

Type: String

Attribute: ss:Index

Description: Specifies the column index of this cell within the

containing row. If this tag is not specified, the first
instance of a Cell element within a row has an assumed
Index="1". Each additional Cell element has an assumed
Index that is one higher.
Indices must appear in strictly increasing order. Failure
to do so will result in an XML Spreadsheet document
that is invalid. Indices do not need to be sequential,
however. Omitted indices are formatted with either the
default format, the column's format, or the table's
format (depending on what has been specified).

Indices must not overlap. If duplicates exist, the

behavior is unspecified and the XML Spreadsheet
document is considered invalid.

If the previous cell is a merged cell and no index is

specified on this cell, its start index is assumed to be the
first cell after the merge.

Type: Unsigned Long

Attribute: ss:MergeAcross

Description: Specifies the number of adjacent cells across (right unless

in right-to-left mode) from the current cell to merge.
As mentioned above, indices must not overlap. If
duplicates exist, the behavior is unspecified and the XML
Spreadsheet document is considered invalid. One way
for overlap to occur is careless use of the MergeAcross
attribute. Care must be taken with this attribute to
ensure that the merge does not include another cell
index in the merged range.

This count excludes the current cell. So, if a cell is not

merged, the MergeDown="0" and MergeAcross="0".

Type: Unsigned Long

Default: 0

Attribute: ss:MergeDown

Description: Specifies the number of adjacent cells below the current

cell to merge.
As mentioned above, indices must not overlap. If
duplicates exist, the behavior is unspecified and the XML
Spreadsheet document is considered invalid. One way
for overlap to occur is careless use of the MergeDown
attribute. Care must be taken with this attribute to
ensure that the merge does not include another cell
index in the merged range.

This count excludes the current cell. So, if a cell is not

merged, the MergeDown="0" and MergeAcross="0".

Type: Unsigned Long

Default: 0

Attribute: ss:StyleID

Description: Specifies a reference to a previously defined ID attribute

in a Style tag. This reference indicates that this Style
 should be used to format this element. If this attribute is
not present, the default Style should applied to this
element.

Type: ID Reference

Attribute: x:HRefScreenTip

Description: Specifies the ToolTip's content to display when the user

hovers over this cell's ToolTip. The Spreadsheet
component does not support this attribute.

Type: String

<ss:Column> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Table

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: c:Caption, ss:AutoFitWidth, ss:Hidden, ss:Index,

ss:Span, ss:StyleID, ss:Width

Description
Defines the formatting for one or more adjacent columns. This element contains no data; all cell data is stored within
Row elements. All ss:Column elements must appear before the first ss:Row element, otherwise unexpected behavior
may occur.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: c:Caption

Description: Specifies the caption that should appear when the

Component's custom row and column headers are
showing.

Type: String

Attribute: ss:AutoFitWidth

Description: If this attribute is specified as True ("1"), it means that

this column should be autosized for numeric and date
values only. We do not autofit textual values.
If both ss:Width and ss:AutoFitWidth exist, the
behavior is as follows:

ss:AutoFitWidth="1" and ss:Width is unspecified:

Autofit the column width to fit the content.
ss:AutoFitWidth="1" and ss:Width is specified:
Set the column to the specified width and only
autofit if the size of the content is larger than the
specified width.
ss:AutoFitWidth="0" and ss:Width is unspecified:
Use the default column width.
ss:AutoFitWidth="0" and ss:Width is specified:
Use the specified width.

Type: Boolean
Default: 1 (True)

Attribute: ss:Hidden

Description: True specifies that this column is hidden. False (or

omitted) specifies that this column is shown.

Type: Boolean

Attribute: ss:Index

Description: Specifies the position of this column within the table.

If this tag is not specified, the first instance has an
assumed Index="1". Each additional Column element
has an assumed Index that is one higher.

Indices must appear in strictly increasing order. Failure

to do so will result in an XML Spreadsheet document
that is invalid. Indices do not need to be sequential,
however. Omitted indices are formatted with the default
style's format.

Indices must not overlap. If duplicates exist, the

behavior is unspecified and the XML Spreadsheet
document is considered invalid. An easy way to create
overlap is through careless use of the Span attribute.

Type: Unsigned Long

Attribute: ss:Span

Description: Specifies the number of adjacent columns with the same

formatting as this column. When a Span attribute is used,
the spanned column elements are not written out.
As mentioned in the Index tag, columns must not
overlap. Doing so results in an XML Spreadsheet
document that is invalid. Care must be taken with this
attribute to ensure that the span does not include
another column index that is specified.

Type: Unsigned Long

Attribute: ss:StyleID

Description: Specifies a reference to a previously defined ID attribute

in a Style tag. This reference indicates that this Style
should be used to format this element. If this attribute is
not present, the default Style should be applied to this
element.

Type: ID Reference

Attribute: ss:Width

Description: Specifies the width of a column in points. This value must

be greater than or equal to 0.

Type: Double

<ss:Comment> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: ss:Cell

Required elements: ss:Data

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

 Optional attributes: ss:Author, ss:ShowAlways

Description
Contains the comment to be associated with this cell.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:Author

Description: Specifies the author of this comment.

Type: String

Attribute: ss:ShowAlways

Description: Specifies whether this comment is displayed regardless of

whether the user is hovering over the cell or not.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

<ss:Data> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Cell, ss:Comment

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: B, Font, I, S, Span, Sub, Sup, U

Required attributes: ss:Type

Optional attributes: x:Ticked

Description
Specifies the value of this cell. The value should be specified in the appropriate format based on the value of the cell's
Type attribute. This element can also be used to specify a cell's comment.

Examples

Represent an invalid name reference:

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<ss:Cell ss:Formula="=foo">
<ss:Data ss:Type="Error">#NAME?</ss:Data>
</ss:Cell>

Represent a string:

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<ss:Cell>
<ss:Data ss:Type="String">Bob's Market</ss:Data>
</ss:Cell>

Represent a number:
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<ss:Cell>
<ss:Data ss:Type="Number">123</ss:Data>
</ss:Cell>

Represent rich-text:

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<ss:Cell>
<ss:Data ss:Type="String" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
This is <B>Bold, <I>Bold Italic, </I></B><I>and Italic</I> text.</ss:Data>
</ss:Cell>

The Spreadsheet component will load rich-text and strip out the HTML elements. When saved, it will write a text-only
version.

When the data is Rich Text, we only support well-formed XML tags (even though it may look like HTML).

Required Attributes

Attribute: ss:Type

Description: Specifies the data type of this tag's required Data

element. With the exception of 'Error', the format of these
data types are defined as "#NULL!, #DIV/0!, #VALUE!,
#REF!, #NAME?, #NUM!, #N/A, #CIRC!". #CIRC!
indicates that the current cell contains a circular
reference. For applications with iteration (such as Excel),
this error should be ignored, and the formula should be
applied to the cell. The cell's value should be recalculated
after loading. This attribute is not used when the data is
inside the ss:Comment element; it is only used inside
the ss:Data element.

Type: Enumeration—Number, DateTime, Boolean, String,

and Error

Optional Attributes

Attribute: x:Ticked

Description: When ss:Type is set to String, x:Ticked indicates the

presence of a tick (') at the beginning of the data. When
loading an XML Spreadsheet document, if x:Ticked is 1
(True) and ss:Type=String, the data in this cell should
be prepended with a tick. When saving an XML
Spreadsheet, if a tick is the first character in the data
string, and ss:Type=String, the tick should be removed
from the data string, and x:Ticked set to 1. This attribute
is only used in conjunction with ss:Type=String. If this
attribute appears in an XML Spreadsheet document when
loading and ss:Type is not equal to String, ignore this
attribute and continue loading.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

<ss:Font> Tag
 Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Style

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: ss:Bold, ss:Color, ss:FontName, ss:Italic, ss:Outline,

ss:Shadow, ss:Size, ss:StrikeThrough, ss:Underline,
ss:VerticalAlign, x:CharSet, x:Family

Description
Defines the font attributes to use in this style. Each attribute that is specified is considered an override from the default.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:Bold

Description: Specifies the bold state of the font. If the parent style has
Bold="1" and the child style wants to override the
setting, it must explicitly set the value to Bold="0". If this
attribute is not specified within an element, the default is
assumed.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

Attribute: ss:Color

Description: Specifies the color of the font. This value can be either a
6-hexadecimal digit number in "#rrggbb" format or it can
be any of the Internet Explorer named colors (including
the named Windows colors). This string can also be
special value of Automatic. This string is case
insensitive. If this attribute is not specified within an
element, the default is assumed.

Type: String

Default: Automatic

Attribute: ss:FontName

Description: Specifies the name of the font. This string is case

insensitive. If this attribute is not specified within an
element, the default is assumed.

Type: String

Default: Arial

Attribute: ss:Italic

Description: Similar to Bold in behavior, this attribute specifies the

italic state of the font. If this attribute is not specified
within an element, the default is assumed.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

Attribute: ss:Outline

Description: Similar to Bold in behavior, this attribute specifies

whether the font is rendered as an outline. This property
 originates in Macintosh Office, and is not used on
Windows. If this attribute is not specified within an
element, the default is assumed. The Spreadsheet
component does not support this attribute.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

Attribute: ss:Shadow

Description: Similar to Bold in behavior, this attribute specifies

whether the font is shadowed. This property originates in
Macintosh Office, and is not used on Windows. If this
attribute is not specified within an element, the default is
assumed. The Spreadsheet component does not support
this attribute.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

Attribute: ss:Size

Description: Specifies the size of the font in points. This value must be
strictly greater than 0. If this attribute is not specified
within an element, the default is assumed.

Type: Double

Default: 10

Attribute: ss:StrikeThrough

Description: Similar to Bold in behavior, this attribute specifies the

strike-through state of the font. If this attribute is not
specified within an element, the default is assumed. The
Spreadsheet component does not support this attribute.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

Attribute: ss:Underline

Description: Specifies the underline state of the font. If the parent

style is something other than None and a child style
wants to override the value, it must explicitly reset the
value. If this attribute is not specified within an element,
the default is assumed.

Type: Enumeration—None, Single, Double,

SingleAccounting, and DoubleAccounting

Default: None

Attribute: ss:VerticalAlign

Description: This attribute specifies the subscript or superscript state

of the font. If this attribute is not specified within an
element, the default is assumed. The Spreadsheet
component does not support this attribute.

Type: Enumeration—None, Subscript, and Superscript

Default: None

Attribute: x:CharSet

Description: Win32-dependent character set value.

Type: Unsigned Long

Default: 0
 Attribute: x:Family

Description: Win32-dependent font family.

Type: Enumeration—Automatic, Decorative, Modern,

Roman, Script, and Swiss

Default: Automatic

<ss:Interior> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Style

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: ss:Color, ss:Pattern, ss:PatternColor

Description
Defines the fill properties to use in this style. Each attribute that is specified is considered an override from the default.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:Color

Description: Specifies the fill color of the cell. This value can be either
a 6-hexadecimal digit number in "#rrggbb" format or it
can be any of the Internet Explorer named colors
(including the named Windows colors). This string can
also be special value of Automatic. This string is case
insensitive. If Pattern=Solid, this value is the fill color of
the cell. Otherwise, the cell is filled with a blend of Color
and PatternColor, with the Pattern attribute choosing
the appearance.

Type: String

Default: Automatic

Attribute: ss:Pattern

Description: Specifies the fill pattern in the cell. The fill pattern
determines how to blend the Color and PatternColor
attributes to produce the cell's appearance. The
Spreadsheet component does not support this attribute.

Type: Enumeration—None, Solid, Gray75, Gray50, Gray25,

Gray125, Gray0625, HorzStripe, VertStripe,
ReverseDiagStripe, DiagStripe, DiagCross,
ThickDiagCross, ThinHorzStripe, ThinVertStripe,
ThinReverseDiagStripe, ThinDiagStripe,
ThinHorzCross, and ThinDiagCross

Default: None

Attribute: ss:PatternColor

Description: Specifies the secondary fill color of the cell when Pattern
does not equal Solid. The Spreadsheet component does
not support this attribute.

Type: String
 Default: Automatic

<ss:NamedCell> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Cell

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: ss:Name

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Presence of this tag indicates that this cell is a member of a user-defined named range. When saved from Excel, this tag
is only present on cells that are non-empty or contain formatting. This tag can appear multiple times (one for each user-
defined name that this cell lies in).

Required Attributes

Attribute: ss:Name

Description: Specifies which user-defined named range this cell

belongs to. This value should correspond to an ss:Name
attribute of an ss:NamedRange tag. We do not need to
validate that when this element exists, the cell it lies on is
within the specified range. We do not need to verify that
an ss:Cell exists for each cell in a specified named range.

Type: String

<ss:NamedRange> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Names

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: ss:Name, ss:RefersTo

Optional attributes: ss:Hidden

Description
Defines a single named range within this workbook.

Required Attributes

Attribute: ss:Name

Description: Specifies the name of this named range. This name must
be unique within the list of named ranges and cannot
contain spaces or resemble an R1C1-style reference.

Type: String
 Attribute: ss:RefersTo

Description: Specifies what this named range refers to. This should be
an Excel-style formula.
Examples:

ss:RefersTo="=123"

ss:RefersTo="=123*Rate"

ss:RefersTo="=R1C1*10"

Type: String

Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:Hidden

Description: Specifies whether the name of a range is hidden from the

user interface of the spreadsheet application.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

<ss:Names> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Workbook, ss:Worksheet

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: ss:NamedRange

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Defines the collection of named ranges within this workbook or worksheet. ss:NamedRange elements in the
<ss:Workbook> collection require RefersTo attributes with an explicit SheetN! qualifier (for example, Sheet1!).

<ss:NumberFormat> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Style

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: ss:Format

Description
Defines the number format that should be in cells referencing this style. The default value is General, and all other
number formats require a custom format code.
Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:Format

Description: A number format code in the Excel number format syntax.

This can also be one of the following values: General,
General Number, General Date, Long Date, Medium
Date, Short Date, Long Time, Medium Time, Short
Time, Currency, Euro Currency, Fixed, Standard,
Percent, Scientific, Yes/No, True/False, or On/Off.
All special values are the same as the HTML number
formats, with the exception of Currency and Euro
Currency. Currency is the currency format with two
decimal places and red text with parenthesis for negative
values. Euro Currency is the same as Currency using
the Euro currency symbol instead.

Type: String

Default: General

<ss:Protection> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Style

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: ss:Protected, x:HideFormula

Description
Defines the protection properties that should be used in cells referencing this style. This element exists as a short-hand
way to apply protection to an entire table, row, or column, by simply adding it to a style.

The <ss:Protected> attribute of the <ss:Cell> element overrides a style's <ss:Protection> settings.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:Protected

Description: This attribute indicates whether or not this cell is

protected. When the worksheet is unprotected, cell-level
protection has no effect. When a cell is protected, it will
not allow the user to enter information into it.

Type: Boolean

Default: 1 (True)

Attribute: x:HideFormula

Description: This attribute indicates whether or not this cell's formula

should be hidden when worksheet protection is enabled.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

<ss:Row> Tag
 Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Table

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: ss:Cell

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: c:Caption, ss:AutoFitHeight, ss:Height, ss:Hidden,

ss:Index, ss:Span, ss:StyleID

Description
Defines the formatting and data for one or more adjacent rows. If this element contains cell data, it must not contain the
Span attribute. Each Row element may contain one or more Cell elements defining the table's data.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: c:Caption

Description: Specifies the caption that should appear when the

component's custom row and column headers are
showing.

Type: String

Attribute: ss:AutoFitHeight

Description: If this attribute is True (1), it means that this row should
be autosized. By default all rows are autofitted, so
changing the size of the font in a cell will automatically
resize a row.
If both ss:Height and ss:AutoFitHeight exist, the
behavior is as follows:

ss:AutoFitHeight="1" and ss:Height is

unspecified: Autofit the row height to fit the content.
ss:AutoFitHeight="1" and ss:Height is specified:
Set the row to the specified height and only autofit if
the size of the content is larger than the specified
height.
ss:AutoFitHeight="0" and ss:Height is
unspecified: Use the default row height.
ss:AutoFitHeight="0" and ss:Height is specified:
Use the specified height.

Type: Boolean

Default: 1 (True)

Attribute: ss:Height

Description: Specifies the height of a row in points. This value must be

greater than or equal to 0.

Type: Double

Attribute: ss:Hidden

Description: True specifies that this row is hidden. False (or omitted)
specifies that this row is shown.

Type: Boolean

Attribute: ss:Index
 Description: Specifies the position of this row within the table. If this
tag is not specified, the first instance has an assumed
Index="1". Each additional Row element has an
assumed Index that is one higher.
Indices must appear in strictly increasing order. Failure
to do so will result in an XML Spreadsheet document
that is invalid. Indices do not need to be sequential,
however. Omitted indices are formatted with the default
style's format.

Indices must not overlap. If duplicates exist, the

behavior is unspecified, and the XML Spreadsheet
document is considered invalid. An easy way to create
overlap is through careless use of the Span attribute.

Type: Unsigned Long

Attribute: ss:Span

Description: Specifies the number of adjacent rows with the same

formatting as this row. When a Span attribute is used,
the spanned row elements are not written out.
As mentioned in the Index tag, rows must not overlap.
Doing so results in an XML Spreadsheet document that
is invalid. Care must be taken with this attribute to
ensure that the span does not include another row index
that is specified.

Unlike columns, rows with the Span attribute must be

empty. A row that contains a Span attribute and one or
more Cell elements is considered invalid. The Span
attribute for rows is a short-hand method for setting
formatting properties for multiple, empty rows.

Type: Unsigned Long

Attribute: ss:StyleID

Description: Specifies a reference to a previously defined ID attribute

in a Style tag. This reference indicates that this Style
should be used to format this element. If this attribute is
not present, the default Style should applied to this
element.

Type: ID Reference

<ss:Style> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Styles

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: ss:Alignment, ss:Borders, ss:Font, ss:Interior,

ss:NumberFormat, ss:Protection

Required attributes: ss:ID

Optional attributes: ss:Name, ss:Parent

Description
Defines a single style in the current workbook. This element is optional, but is required to perform any custom formatting.
A style can be either standalone or based on one other style (this is called the parent style), in which case, all base
properties are first inherited from the parent, then the properties in the style are treated as overrides. Parent styles must
be specified before they are first referenced. This means we will not allow:
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<ss:Styles>
<ss:Style ss:ID="xl1" ss:Parent="xl2"> ... </ss:Style>
<ss:Style ss:ID="xl2"> ... </ss:Style>
</ss:Styles>

To define the default style for this workbook, set the ss:ID attribute to "Default". If a Parent style is not specified, it is
assumed that the style with ID="Default" is used as the parent.

Required Attributes

Attribute: ss:ID

Description: A unique name within this XML document that identifies

this style. This string can be any valid identifier and there
is no notion of order. The special value of "Default"
indicates that this style represents the default formatting
for this workbook.

Type: Unique String ID

Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:Name

Description: This property identifies this style as a named style that

was created in Excel using the Style command (Format
menu). Duplicate names are illegal.

Type: String

Attribute: ss:Parent

Description: Presence of this element indicates that this style should

first inherit it's default formatting settings from the
specified parent style. Then, after the parent settings are
inherited, we apply the settings in this style as overrides.
This attribute refers to a predefined style ID.

Type: ID Reference

<ss:Styles> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Workbook

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: ss:Style

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Contains the style definitions for the current worksheet. This element is optional, but is required to perform for any
custom formatting.

<ss:Table> Tag
 Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Worksheet

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: ss:Column, ss:Row

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: ss:DefaultColumnWidth, ss:DefaultRowHeight,

ss:ExpandedColumnCount, ss:ExpandedRowCount,
ss:LeftCell, ss:StyleID, ss:TopCell, x:FullColumns,
x:FullRows

Description
Defines the cell table within the current worksheet. In this version of the schema, only one instance of a Table tag is valid
for a single worksheet.

The optional TopCell, LeftCell, RowCount, and ColumnCount attributes specify the used range for this cell table,
indicating the furthest filled extents. Cell formulas are specified relative to the TopCell and LeftCell indices, and should
be adjusted when placed into a sheet (assuming that TopCell and LeftCell are not [1, 1]). When saving an entire
worksheet or a collection of sheets in a workbook, TopCell and LeftCell will be saved as (1, 1). When saving a range as
XML, the TopCell and LeftCell indices are used to specify the location of the range within the worksheet. This allows for
future expansion where multiple, non-overlapping tables could be stored within a single worksheet.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:DefaultColumnWidth

Description: Specifies the default width of columns in this table. This

attribute is specified in points.

Type: Double

Default: 48

Attribute: ss:DefaultRowHeight

Description: Specifies the default height of rows in this table. This

attribute is specified in points.

Type: Double

Default: 12.75

Attribute: ss:ExpandedColumnCount

Description: Similar to ExpandedColumnCount, this attribute

specifies the total number of columns in this table. If
specified, this attribute must be in sync with the table.
Columns indices in the table should begin at 1 and go to
ExpandedColumnCount. If this value is out-of-sync with
the table, the specified XML Spreadsheet document is
invalid.

Type: Unsigned Long

Attribute: ss:ExpandedRowCount

Description: Specifies the total number of rows in this table without

regard for sparseness. This attribute defines the overall
size of the table, if the specified rows and columns were
expanded to full size. If specified, this attribute must be in
sync with the table. Row indices in the table should begin
at 1 and go to ExpandedRowCount. If this value is out-
of-sync with the table, the specified XML Spreadsheet
document is invalid.
 Type: Unsigned Long

Attribute: ss:LeftCell

Description: Specifies the column index that this table should be

placed at. This value must be greater than zero.

Type: Unsigned Long

Default: 1

Attribute: ss:StyleID

Description: Specifies a reference to a previously defined ID attribute

within a Style tag. This reference indicates that this Style
should be used to format this element. If this attribute is
not present, the default Style should be applied to this
element. The default style, if specified, is the <Style>
tag whose ss:ID="Default".

Type: ID Reference

Attribute: ss:TopCell

Description: Specifies the row index that this table should be placed at.
This value must be greater than zero.

Type: Unsigned Long

Default: 1

Attribute: x:FullColumns

Description: WebCalc will set x:FullColumns to 1 when the data in the

table represents full columns of data. Excel will save
x:FullColumns to 1 if the <Table> extends the full
height. This attribute is ignored on file load, but on XML
Spreadsheet paste it is taken to indicate that the source
clip has full columns.

Type: Boolean

Attribute: x:FullRows

Description: WebCalc will set x:FullRows to 1 when the data in the

table represents full rows of data. Excel will save
x:FullRows to 1 if the <Table> extends the full width.
This attribute is ignored on file load, but on XML
Spreadsheet paste it is taken to indicate that the source
clip has full rows.

Type: Boolean

<ss:Workbook> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: (none)

Required elements: ss:Worksheet

Optional elements: c:ComponentOptions, o:SmartTagType, ss:Names,

ss:Styles

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Defines a workbook that will contain one or more Worksheet elements. This is the top-most element of an XML
Spreadsheet document and is required. This element has a required order for child elements. The order is:

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<ss:Workbook>
<ss:Styles>
<ss:Names>
<ss:Worksheet>
...
<ss:Worksheet>
</ss:Workbook>

<ss:Worksheet> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Workbook

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: c:WorksheetOptions, ss:Names, ss:Table, x:AutoFilter,

x:WorksheetOptions

Required attributes: ss:Name

Optional attributes: ss:Protected, ss:RightToLeft

Description
Defines a worksheet within the current workbook. At least one instance of this element is required within a valid XML
Spreadsheet document. This element has a required order for child elements. The order is:

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<ss:Worksheet>
<ss:Names>
<ss:Table>
<x:AutoFilter>
... Excel Stuff ...
</ss:Worksheet>

Required Attributes

Attribute: ss:Name

Description: This tag specifies the name of this worksheet. This value
must be unique within the list of sheet names in this
workbook. Sheet names must conform to the legal names
of Excel sheets and, thus, cannot contain /, \, ?, *, [, ].

Type: String

Optional Attributes

Attribute: ss:Protected

Description: This attribute indicates whether or not the worksheet is

protected. When the worksheet is not protected, cell-level
protection has no effect.

Type: Boolean
 Default: 0 (False)

Attribute: ss:RightToLeft

Description: If this attribute is True (1), the window displays from

right to left, but if this element is not specified (or zero),
the window displays from left to right. The Spreadsheet
component does not support this attribute.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

<stN:SmartTag> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: o:SmartTags

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
A collection of SmartTag tags, each of which denote single instances of a smart tag on a cell. stN (for example, st1, st2)
refers to the individual name space for this smart tag type as defined in the smart tag type definition. The name for this
tag is not SmartTag, either, but actually the tag name as defined in the SmartTagType tag.

To add smart tags to your workbook, go to the Smart Tags tab (AutoCorrect dialog box, Tools menu) and check all of
the boxes. Smart tags are not available in the Spreadsheet component.

stN:SmartTag tags can also contain an arbitrarily defined list of attributes with the tag. This is up to the smart tag owner
to define in the namespace. Programmatically, a developer can add new attributes to their smart tags either via
Range("A1").SmartTags(1).Properties.Add "star", "bar"
(which adds an attribute called Star with a value bar), or doing recognition or action time by manipulating the passed-in
ISmartTagProperties object.

<Sub> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: ss:Data

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Specifies a change to subscript within an Excel rich-text data stream.

<Sup> Tag

Used by: Excel only

 Parent element: ss:Data

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Specifies a change to superscript within an Excel rich-text data stream.

<U> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: ss:Data

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: x:Style

Description
Specifies a change to underline within an Excel rich-text data stream.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: x:Style

Description: Specifies the underline style to use.

Type: Enumeration—text-underline:single, text-

underline:double, text-underline:single-accounting,
and text-underline:double-accounting

Default: text-underline:single

<x:AutoFilter> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Worksheet

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: x:AutoFilterColumn

Required attributes: x:Range

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Defines an AutoFilter range on the current worksheet. This element can contain one or more x:AutoFilterColumn
elements (up to one per column) with the appropriate filter settings. If no x:AutoFilterColumn elements exist, each
column in the range is assumed to be set to Type="all" (see x:AutoFilterColumn for more details).
Required Attributes

Attribute: x:Range

Description: This tag specifies the AutoFilter range in R1C1 notation

and is required. It is assumed that the topmost row
specifies the headers for the AutoFilter. There is no way to
create an AutoFilter without a header row. This attribute
is required to be an absolute reference.

Type: String

<x:AutoFilterAnd> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: x:AutoFilterColumn

Required elements: x:AutoFilterCondition

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Defines an AND condition in a custom AutoFilter function. Currently, Excel allows a custom AutoFilter function to contain
at most one AND or one OR condition. If this tag exists, it must contain at least one <x:AutoFilterCondition> tag to
define the test condition(s).

<x:AutoFilterColumn> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: x:AutoFilter

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: x:AutoFilterAnd, x:AutoFilterCondition, x:AutoFilterOr

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: x:Hidden, x:Index, x:Type, x:Value

Description
Defines the filtering properties for a single column of the AutoFilter range. If one or more columns are omitted, we
assume that no filtering should occur on those columns.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: x:Hidden

Description: True specifies that this AutoFilter column is hidden. False

(or omitted) specifies that this AutoFilter column is shown.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

Attribute: x:Index
Description: Specifies the position of this column within the AutoFilter
range.
If this tag is not specified, the first instance has an
assumed Index="1". Each additional
<x:AutoFilterColumn> element has an assumed
Index that is one higher.

Indices must appear in strictly increasing order. Failure

to do so will result in an XML Spreadsheet document
that is invalid. Indices do not need to be sequential,
however.

Indices must not overlap. If duplicates exist, the

behavior is unspecified and the XML Spreadsheet
document is considered invalid.

Type: Unsigned Long

Attribute: x:Type

Description: Specifies the type of filtering to apply to this column. By

default we assume "all", meaning that this column is not
causing any items to be filtered. When multiple columns
contain filtering, only rows meeting all the filter criterion
are shown. A description of each of the filter types is
given below, but in the context that only this column
contains filtering. This provides simplicity, without loss of
generality.
All—Display all of the rows in the AutoFilter range.
Nothing is filtered.
Blanks—Only display rows in the AutoFilter range
where cells in this column are empty.
NonBlanks—Only display rows in the AutoFilter
range where cells in this column contain data.
Top—Only display rows in the AutoFilter range for
the top n values. When this filter type is specified,
the Value attribute is required and must contain the
number (specifically a whole number greater than
zero) of items to display.
TopPercent—Only display rows in the AutoFilter
range where values in this column are in the top n%.
When this filter type is specified, the Value attribute
is required and must contain the percentage
(specifically a decimal value between 0.0 and 100.0)
of top items to display.
Bottom—Only display rows in the AutoFilter range
for the bottom n values. When this filter type is
specified, the Value attribute is required and must
contain the number (specifically a whole number
greater than zero) of items to display.
BottomPercent—Only display rows in the AutoFilter
range where values in this column are in the bottom
n%. When this filter type is specified, the Value
attribute is required and must contain the
percentage (specifically a decimal value between 0.0
and 100.0) of bottom items to display.
Custom—Only display rows in the AutoFilter range
whose values meet the criteria specified inside this
element. When Type="custom", this element must
contain at least one <x:AutoFilterCondition> tag,
but these conditions may also be nested inside of
<x:AutoFilterAnd> or <x:AutoFilterOr> tags.

The Spreadsheet component supports All, Blanks,

NonBlanks, and Custom.
 Type: Enumeration—All, Blanks, NonBlanks, Top,
TopPercent, Bottom, BottomPercent, and Custom

Default: All

Attribute: x:Value

Description: Specifies the number or percentage of items to display

when the filter type is set to top, top-percent, bottom, or
bottom-percent. This attribute may not appear unless the
Type attribute is set to one of those four values. See the
Type attribute for value restrictions to this attribute.

Type: Double

Default: 0

<x:AutoFilterCondition> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: x:AutoFilterAnd, x:AutoFilterOr, x:AutoFilterColumn

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: x:Operator, x:Value

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Defines a single condition in a custom AutoFilter function.

Required Attributes

Attribute: x:Operator

Description: Specifies the operator to use in this filter condition. Note

that wildcard characters are permitted, so to store the
equivalent of "BeginsWith a", we would save
<x:AutoFilterCondition x:Operator="Equals"
x:Value="a*">.

Type: Enumeration—Equals, DoesNotEqual, GreaterThan,

GreaterThanOrEqual, LessThan, and
LessThanOrEqual

Attribute: x:Value

Description: Specifies the value to use with the associated Operator

attribute.

Type: String

<x:AutoFilterOr> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: x:AutoFilterColumn

Required elements: x:AutoFilterCondition

Optional elements: (none)

 Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Defines an OR condition in a custom AutoFilter function. Currently, Excel allows a custom AutoFilter function to contain at
most one AND or one OR condition. If this tag exists, it must contain two <x:AutoFilterCondition> tags, defining the
test conditions.

<x:Footer> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: x:PageSetup

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: x:Margin

Optional attributes: x:Data

Description
Specifies the footer for each printed page.

Required Attributes

Attribute: x:Margin

Description: Specifies the margin for the footer.

Type: Double

Default: 0.5

Optional Attributes

Attribute: x:Data

Description: Specifies the data for the footer. This is a string in the
same format as the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) for Excel
2000.

Type: String

<x:Header> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: x:PageSetup

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: x:Margin

Optional attributes: x:Data

Description
Specifies the header for each printed page.

Required Attributes

Attribute: x:Margin

Description: Specifies the margin for the header.

Type: Double

Default: 0.5

Optional Attributes

Attribute: x:Data

Description: Specifies the data for the header. This is a string in the
same format as the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) for Excel
2000.

Type: String

<x:Layout> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: x:PageSetup

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: x:CenterHorizontal, x:CenterVertical, x:Orientation,

x:StartPageNumber

Description
Determines the layout for the page setup. This includes page orientation, centering, and page numbers.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: x:CenterHorizontal

Description: If True, the document should be centered on the page.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

Attribute: x:CenterVertical

Description: If True, the document should be centered on the page.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

Attribute: x:Orientation

Description: Specifies the orientation of the page.

 Type: Enumeration—Portrait and Landscape

Default: Portrait

Attribute: x:StartPageNumber

Description: Specifies the starting page number for printouts.

Type: Unsigned Long

<x:PageMargins> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: x:PageSetup

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: x:Bottom, x:Left, x:Right, x:Top

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Specifies the margins for printed pages.

Required Attributes

Attribute: x:Bottom

Description: Specifies the bottom margin on the page in inches.

Type: Double

Default: 1

Attribute: x:Left

Description: Specifies the left margin on the page in inches.

Type: Double

Default: 0.75

Attribute: x:Right

Description: Specifies the right margin on the page in inches.

Type: Double

Default: 0.75

Attribute: x:Top

Description: Specifies the top margin on the page in inches.

Type: Double

Default: 1

<x:PageSetup> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: x:WorksheetOptions

 Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: x:Footer, x:Header, x:Layout, x:PageMargins

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
Contains the print options for this workbook.

<x:PhoneticText> Tag

Used by: Excel only

Parent element: ss:Cell

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: (none)

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: x:Visible

Description
Specifies the additional phonetic "hint" text that should be associated with this cell's data. This information is extremely
important for East Asia, especially for sorting data.

Optional Attributes

Attribute: x:Visible

Description: Specifies whether phonetic text is displayed. This option is

only available on East Asian versions of Excel. When
x:Visible is on, phonetic text will be displayed above the
regular cell text. Current implementation limitations: this
tag won't roundtrip in non-East Asian versions of Excel;
phonetic text can be associated with groups of characters
(like Rich Text) in Excel, but when it is saved, it loses the
character association and the text becomes lumped
together.

Type: Boolean

Default: 0 (False)

<x:WorksheetOptions> Tag

Used by: Both Excel and the Spreadsheet component

Parent element: ss:Worksheet

Required elements: (none)

Optional elements: x:PageSetup

Required attributes: (none)

Optional attributes: (none)

Description
This is an Excel defined element that contains a number of specific Excel features.