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XLS Export Options

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Before you export a document to XLS, you can specify XLS-specific options in the Export Options panel.

Web Document Viewer - XLS Export Options panel

  • Export Mode

    Specifies how a document is exported to XLS.

  • Suppress 256 Columns Warning

    Specifies whether to suppress the exception thrown when exporting a document with more than 256 columns to an XLS file.

  • Suppress 65536 Rows Warning

    Specifies whether to suppress the exception thrown when exporting a document with more than 65536 rows to an XLS file.

  • Workbook Color Palette Compliance

    Specifies the color palette compatibility mode with different workbook versions. The workbook palette can store no more than 56 colors. If you select the ReducePaletteExactColors value, original color values are kept, but only the first 56 colors are included in the palette. Choose AdjustColorsToDefaultPalette to degrade the color values to match the 56 standard colors of the default workbook palette.

  • Export Hyperlinks

    Specifies whether to export hyperlinks to the XLS document.

  • Page Range

    Specifies a range of pages to include in the resulting file. To separate page numbers, use commas. To set page ranges, use hyphens.

  • Raw Data Mode

    Specifies whether to enable the raw data export mode. In this mode, only a document’s actual data is exported to XLS, ignoring non-relevant elements, such as images, graphic content, font and appearance settings.

  • Sheet Name

    Specifies the name of the sheet in the created XLS file.

  • Show Grid Lines

    Specifies whether to show grid lines in the resulting XLS file.

  • Text Export Mode

    Specifies whether to convert value formatting to the native XLS format string (if possible) or embed it into cell values as plain text.

  • Rasterize Images

    Specifies whether to rasterize vector images, such as pictures, charts, or barcodes.

  • Rasterization Resolution

    Specifies raster image resolution.

  • Fit To Printed Page Width

    Shrinks the width of the exported document’s printout to one page.

  • Fit To Printed Page Height

    Shrinks the height of the exported document’s printout to one page.

  • Ignore Errors

    Specifies which document errors to ignore in the resulting XLS file.

  • Right To Left Document

    If you use right-to-left fonts in a report, enable the Right-to-Left Document option to use the right-to-left layout for sheets in the exported XLS file.

Document Options

The Document Options complex property contains options that specify the Document Properties of the created XLS file. Click the complex property’s header to access its nested options.

XLS Document Options panel

Encryption Options

This complex property allows you to adjust the encryption options of the resulting XLS file.

XLS Encryption Options panel

  • Type Specifies one of the following encryption types:
    • Strong (default) type uses the Agile Encryption mechanism.
    • Compatible type uses the Standard Encryption that is compatible with Excel 2007.
  • Password Sets a password for the exported XLS file. XLS files support ARC4 encryption (except for RC4CryptoAPI). Passwords for XLS files are stored as plain text in report definitions. Ensure that only trusted parties have access to report definition files.