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Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (2008)
Last week, Microsoft published the binary file formats for Office. These formats appear to be almost completely insane. The Excel 97-2003 file format is a 349 page PDF file. But wait, that’s not al…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Sep 11, 2016 | Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (2008) by diziet | 393 | 227 |
| Feb 19, 2008 | Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds) by unfoldedorigami | 60 | 20 |
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