Description of Excel 2000 specifications

Feature                     Maximum limit
-------                     ------------- 

Open workbooks              Limited by available memory and system 
                            resources 

Worksheet size              65,536 rows by 256 columns 

Column width                255 characters 

Row height                  409 points 

Length of cell              32,767 characters. Only 1,024 display in a 
contents (text)             cell; all 32,767 display in the formula bar. 

Sheets in a workbook        Limited by available memory (default is 
                            3 sheets) 

Colors in a workbook        56 

Cell styles in              4,000 
a workbook

Named views in              Limited by available memory 
a workbook

Custom number formats       Limited by available memory 

Names in a workbook         Limited by available memory 

Windows in a workbook       Limited only by system resources 

Panes in a window           4 

Linked sheets               Limited by available memory 

Scenarios                   Limited by available memory; a summary report 
                            shows only the first 251 scenarios 

Changing cells in           32 
a scenario

Adjustable cells            200 
in Solver

Custom functions            Limited by available memory 

Zoom range                  10 percent to 400 percent 

Reports                     Limited by available memory 

Sort references             3 in a single sort; unlimited when using 
                            sequential sorts 

Undo levels                 16 

Fields in a data form       32 

Custom toolbars in          Limited by available memory 
a workbook

Custom toolbar buttons      Limited by available memory
				

Feature                     Maximum limit
-------                     -------------

Number precision            15 digits 

Largest allowed             9.99999999999999E307 
positive number

Smallest allowed            -9.99999999999999E307 
negative number

Smallest allowed            1E-307 
positive number

Largest allowed             -1E-307  
negative number

Length of formula           1,024 characters
contents

Iterations                  32,767 

Worksheet arrays            Limited by available memory. Also, arrays 
                            cannot refer to entire columns. For example, 
                            an array cannot refer to the entire column 
                            C:C or to the range C1:C65536. However, an 
                            array can refer to the range C1:D65535 
                            because the range is one row short of the 
                            maximum worksheet size and does not include 
                            the entire C or D column.

Selected ranges             2,048 

Arguments in a              30 
function

Nested levels of            7
functions

Number of available         329  
worksheet functions

Earliest date allowed       January 1, 1900 (January 1, 1904, if 1904 date 
for calculation             system is used) 

Latest date allowed         December 31, 9999 
for calculation

Largest amount of time      9999:99:99
that can be entered
				

Feature                     Maximum limit
-------                     -------------

PivotTable reports          Limited by available memory 
on a sheet
         
Items in a PivotTable       8,000 
report

Row or column fields        Limited by available memory
in a PivotTable report

Page fields in a            256 (may be limited by available memory) 
PivotTable report

Data fields in a            256 
PivotTable report

Calculated item formulas    Limited by available memory
in a PivotTable report