An idiosyncrasy of mine that I feel like sharing:
If I'm creating some sort of standalone data table in #MicrosoftExcel where all I need is the data itself and special formatting or display characteristics aren't required, I default to saving it as a CSV rather than an actual Excel spreadsheet. If there are times when I need to preserve settings like column width or rich text or conditional formatting, I'll begrudgingly save it as an Excel spreadsheet.
The reasoning in my mind is that a CSV of a data table is smaller than an Excel spreadsheet containing the same data (which it is). Even though an Excel XLSX spreadsheet can be less than 10 kB when it only contains plain data -- virtually nothing in the era of cheap gigabytes -- it's the principle of the thing. (I'll sometimes do similar for "plain" Word documents, saving them as Office Open XML in Wordpad vs. an actual MS Word file.)
I guess this shows my dedication to the concept of lean programming? :blobfoxlaughsweat:
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