5 Appendix A: Product Behavior
The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Microsoft Excel 2010
Microsoft Excel 2013
Microsoft Excel 2016
Microsoft Excel 2019
Microsoft Excel 2021
Microsoft Excel LTSC 2024
Exceptions, if any, are noted in this section. If an update version, service pack or Knowledge Base (KB) number appears with a product name, the behavior changed in that update. The new behavior also applies to subsequent updates unless otherwise specified. If a product edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.
Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed using the terms "SHOULD" or "SHOULD NOT" implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term "MAY" implies that the product does not follow the prescription.
<1> Section 2.1.1: This value is only supported in Excel 2013.
<2> Section 2.1.2: This value is only supported in Excel 2013.
<3> Section 2.2.1: The 2007 Microsoft Office system and Microsoft Office 2010 suites does not load a file in which this element contains a value that it does not recognize, or is not recognized by the underlying operating system. The 2007 Office system and Office 2010 recognize the following language tags:
Language |
Locale |
Language Tag |
---|---|---|
Africaans |
South Africa |
af-ZA |
Albanian |
Albanian |
sq-AL |
Alsatian |
France |
gsw-FR |
Amharic |
Ethiopia |
am-ET |
Arabic |
Algeria |
ar-DZ |
Arabic |
Bahrain |
ar-BH |
Arabic |
Egypt |
ar-EG |
Arabic |
Iraq |
ar-IQ |
Arabic |
Jordan |
ar-JO |
Arabic |
Kuwait |
ar-KW |
Arabic |
Lebanon |
ar-LB |
Arabic |
Libya |
ar-LY |
Arabic |
Morocco |
ar-MA |
Arabic |
Oman |
ar-OM |
Arabic |
Qatar |
ar-QA |
Arabic |
Saudi Arabia |
ar-SA |
Arabic |
Syria |
ar-SY |
Arabic |
Tunisia |
ar-TN |
Arabic |
U.A.E. |
ar-AE |
Arabic |
Yemen |
ar-YE |
Armenian |
Armenia |
hy-AM |
Assamese |
India |
as-IN |
Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) |
Azerbaijan |
az-AZ-Cyrl |
Azerbaijani (Latin) |
Azerbaijan |
az-AZ-Latn |
Bangla |
Bangladesh |
bn-BD |
Bangla (Bangla Script) |
India |
bn-IN |
Bashkir |
Russia |
ba-RU |
Basque |
Basque |
eu-ES |
Belarusian |
Belarus |
be-BY |
Bhutanese |
Bhutan |
bo-BT |
Bosnian (Cyrillic) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
bs-BA-Cyrl |
Bosnian (Latin) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
bs-BA-Latn |
Breton |
France |
br-FR |
Bulgarian |
Bulgaria |
bg-BG |
Catalan |
Catalan |
ca-ES |
Chinese |
Hong Kong SAR |
zh-HK |
Chinese |
Macao SAR |
zh-MO |
Chinese |
PRC |
zh-CN |
Chinese |
Singapore |
zh-SG |
Chinese |
Taiwan |
zh-TW |
Corsican |
France |
co-FR |
Croatian |
Croatia |
hr-HR |
Croatian (Latin) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
hr-BA-Latn |
Czech |
Czech Republic |
cs-CZ |
Danish |
Denmark |
da-DK |
Dari |
Afghanistan |
prs-AF |
Divehi |
Maldives |
div-MV |
Dutch |
Belgium |
nl-BE |
Dutch |
Netherlands |
nl-NL |
English |
Australia |
en-AU |
English |
Belize |
en-BZ |
English |
Canada |
en-CA |
English |
Caribbean |
en-CB |
English |
India |
en-IN |
English |
Ireland |
en-IE |
English |
Jamaica |
en-JM |
English |
Malaysia |
en-MY |
English |
New Zealand |
en-NZ |
English |
Philippines |
en-PH |
English |
South Africa |
en-ZA |
English |
Trinidad |
en-TT |
English |
United Kingdom |
en-GB |
English |
United States |
en-US |
English |
Zimbabwe |
en-ZW |
Estonian |
Estonia |
et-EE |
Faroese |
Faroe Islands |
fo-FO |
Filipino |
Philippines |
fil-PH |
Finnish |
Finland |
fi-FI |
French |
Belgium |
fr-BE |
French |
Canada |
fr-CA |
French |
France |
fr-FR |
French |
Luxembourg |
fr-LU |
French |
Monaco |
fr-MC |
French |
Switzerland |
fr-CH |
Frisian |
Netherlands |
fy-NL |
Galician |
Galician |
gl-ES |
Georgian |
Georgia |
ka-GE |
German |
Austria |
de-AT |
German |
Germany |
de-DE |
German |
Liechtenstein |
de-LI |
German |
Luxembourg |
de-LU |
German |
Switzerland |
de-CH |
Greek |
Greece |
el-GR |
Greenlandic |
Greenland |
kl-GL |
Gujarati (Gujarati Script) |
India |
gu-IN |
Hausa (Latin) |
Nigeria |
ha-NG-Latn |
Hebrew |
Israel |
he-IL |
Hindi |
India |
hi-IN |
Hungarian |
Hungary |
hu-HU |
Icelandic |
Iceland |
is-IS |
Igbo |
Nigeria |
ig-NG |
Inari Sami |
Finland |
smn-FI |
Indonesian |
Indonesia |
id-ID |
Inuktitut (Latin) |
Canada |
iu-CA-Latn |
Inuktitut (Syllabics) |
Canada |
iu-CA-Cans |
Irish |
Ireland |
ga-IE |
isiXhosa / Xhosa |
South Africa |
xh-ZA |
isiZulu / Zulu |
South Africa |
zu-ZA |
Italian |
Italy |
it-IT |
Italian |
Switzerland |
it-CH |
Japanese |
Japan |
ja-JP |
Kannada (Kannada Script) |
India |
kn-IN |
Kazakh |
Kazakhstan |
kk-KZ |
Khmer |
Cambodia |
kh-KH |
K'iche |
Guatemala |
qut-GT |
Kinyarwanda |
Rwanda |
rw-RW |
Konkani |
India |
kok-IN |
Korean |
Korea |
ko-KR |
Kyrgyz |
Kyrgyzstan |
ky-KG |
Lao |
Lao PDR |
lo-LA |
Latvian |
Latvia |
lv-LV |
Lithuanian |
Lithuania |
lt-LT |
Lower Sorbian |
Germany |
wee-DE |
Lule Sami |
Norway |
smj-NO |
Lule Sami |
Sweden |
smj-SE |
Luxembourgish |
Luxembourg |
lb-LU |
Macedonian (FYROM) |
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of |
mk-MK |
Malay |
Brunei |
ms-BN |
Malay |
Malaysia |
ms-MY |
Malayalam (Malayalam Script) |
India |
ml-IN |
Maltese |
Malta |
mt-MT |
Maori |
New Zealand |
mi-NZ |
Mapudungun |
Chile |
arn-CL |
Marathi |
India |
mr-IN |
Mohawk |
Mohawk |
moh-CA |
Mongolian (Cyrillic) |
Mongolia |
mn-MN |
Mongolian (Mongolian) |
PRC |
mn-CN-Mong |
Nepali |
Nepal |
ne-NP |
Northern Sami |
Finland |
se-FI |
Northern Sami |
Norway |
se-NO |
Northern Sami |
Sweden |
se-SE |
Norwegian (Bokmål) |
Norway |
nb-NO |
Norwegian (Nynorsk) |
Norway |
nn-NO |
Occitan |
France |
oc-FR |
Odia (Odia Script) |
India |
or-IN |
Pashto |
Afghanistan |
ps-AF |
Persian |
Iran |
fa-IR |
Polish |
Poland |
pl-PL |
Portuguese |
Brazil |
pt-BR |
Portuguese |
Portugal |
pt-PT |
Punjabi (Gurmukhi Script) |
India |
pa-IN |
Quechua |
Bolivia |
quz-BO |
Quechua |
Ecuador |
quz-EC |
Quechua |
Peru |
quz-PE |
Romanian |
Romania |
ro-RO |
Romansh |
Switzerland |
rm-CH |
Russian |
Russia |
ru-RU |
Sakha |
Russia |
sah-RU |
Sanskrit |
India |
sa-IN |
Serbian (Cyrillic) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
sr-BA-Cyrl |
Serbian (Cyrillic) |
Serbia |
sr-SP-Cyrl |
Serbian (Latin) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
sr-BA-Latn |
Serbian (Latin) |
Serbia |
sr-SP-Latn |
Sesotho sa Leboa / Northern Sotho |
South Africa |
ns-ZA |
Setswana / Tswana |
South Africa |
tn-ZA |
Sinhala |
Sri Lanka |
si-LK |
Skolt Sami |
Finland |
sms-FI |
Slovak |
Slovakia |
sk-SK |
Slovenian |
Slovenia |
sl-SI |
Southern Sami |
Norway |
sma-NO |
Southern Sami |
Sweden |
sma-SE |
Spanish |
Argentina |
es-AR |
Spanish |
Bolivia |
es-BO |
Spanish |
Chile |
es-CL |
Spanish |
Columbia |
es-CO |
Spanish |
Costa Rica |
es-CR |
Spanish |
Dominican Republic |
es-DO |
Spanish |
Ecuador |
es-EC |
Spanish |
El Salvador |
es-SV |
Spanish |
Guatemala |
es-GT |
Spanish |
Honduras |
es-HN |
Spanish |
Mexico |
es-MX |
Spanish |
Nicaragua |
es-NI |
Spanish |
Panama |
es-PA |
Spanish |
Paraguay |
es-PY |
Spanish |
Peru |
es-PE |
Spanish |
Puerto Rico |
es-PR |
Spanish |
Spain |
es-ES |
Spanish |
United States |
es-US |
Spanish |
Uruguay |
es-UY |
Spanish |
Venezuela |
es-VE |
Swahili |
Kenya |
sw-KE |
Swedish |
Finland |
sv-FI |
Swedish |
Sweden |
sv-SE |
Syriac |
Syria |
syr-SY |
Tajik (Cyrillic) |
Tajikistan |
tg-TJ-Cyrl |
Tamazight (Latin) |
Algeria |
tmz-DZ-Latn |
Tamil |
India |
ta-IN |
Tatar |
Russia |
tt-RU |
Telugu (Telugu Script) |
India |
te-IN |
Thai |
Thailand |
th-TH |
Tibetan |
PRC |
bo-CN |
Turkish |
Turkey |
tr-TR |
Turkmen |
Turkmenistan |
tk-TM |
Uighur |
PRC |
ug-CN |
Ukrainian |
Ukraine |
uk-UA |
Upper Sorbian |
Germany |
wen-DE |
Urdu |
Pakistan |
ur-PK |
Uzbek (Cyrillic) |
Uzbekistan |
uz-UZ-Cyrl |
Uzbek (Latin) |
Uzbekistan |
uz-UZ-Latn |
Vietnamese |
Viet Nam |
vi-VN |
Welsh |
United Kingdom |
cy-GB |
Wolof |
Senegal |
wo-SN |
Yi |
PRC |
ii-CN |
Yoruba |
Nigeria |
yo-NG |
<4> Section 2.2.1: The 2007 Office system does not create this element.