XL2000: Pasting an Entire Column Is Slower Than in Earlier Versions

ID: Q211582

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 2000

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 2000, when you copy and then paste an entire column in a worksheet, the paste operation may take up to four times as long to complete as it did in versions of Microsoft Excel prior to Excel 97.

CAUSE

Worksheets in Microsoft Excel 2000 can contain up to 65536 rows, which is four times the number of rows of versions of Microsoft Excel prior to Excel 97. Worksheets in versions prior to Excel 97 can contain only up to 16384 rows of information.

MORE INFORMATION

The amount of time required to paste copied cells is roughly proportional to the number of cells you copy. For example, if you copy an entire column of cells in Microsoft Excel 2000, the time required to paste the 65536 cells is roughly four times the time required to perform the same operation in versions prior to Excel 97 that contain only 16384 cells.

Additional query words: pasted limit specification max maximum slow 4 times XL2000

Keywords : xlui xlformula
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb