Supports scenarios, displays
names of scenarios contained in
worksheet
No Displays only the default scenario
Provides facility to select scenario
and display cell contents accord-
ingly
No
Supports all number formats:
• Number
• Currency
• Accounting
•Date
•Time
• Percentage
• Fraction
•Scientific
• Special
•Custom
Partial
Individual umber format support is detailed in the section
“Number format support”
Bold text Partial
When used with a bold font installed. Not supported in
Simple Chinese font.
Indentation No
Displays comments assoiciated
with a cell
No
Supports hyperlinks to other files
and web pages
No
Supported hyperlinks attached to
graphics and images
No
Displays screen tips associated
with hyperlinks
No
Animated GIF images contained in
Excel documents.
No
Line styles Most
Only solid line styles are supported. All line weights are
supported.
Line dash styles Some
Only solid dash styles are supported. Dashed and dotted
lines are rendered as solid lines.
Text boxes Partial
Including vertical alignment of text within box, but not text
formatting or styling.
Autoshapes Most
Refer to the section on ‘Autoshapes’ for more informa-
tion.
Gradient fill colours in autoshapes Most Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, centre-sequare
Supports WordArt No
Marks cells that have been
changed using the Excel Highlight
Changes command
No
Displays lists according to any fil-
ters that are applied
No
Supports pivot tables No
Displays form controls (buttons,
check boxes, listboxes etc)
Partial
Displays ActiveX Controls, not ‘regular’Form Controls.
Also, ActiveX Controls are only displayed as static (non-
interactive) objects.
Runs macros or scripts associated
with form controls
No
Displays phonetic guides for Japa-
nese text:
• Hiragana
• Full width katakana
• Half width katakana
No
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