RE: generate xml from excel file

Excel in Office XP will directly read/write "XML spreadsheets".
**alt** **enter** is represented as 
 in the XML
Here is a snip of the XML for the following data:
 
  |  A   |  B  |
--+------+-----+
  |Hello |     |
1 |World |  2  |
--|------+-----+
2 |  3   |  4  |

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
 xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
 xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
 xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
 xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
 ... 
 <Worksheet ss:Name="Sheet1">
  <Table ss:ExpandedColumnCount="2" ss:ExpandedRowCount="2" x:FullColumns="1"
   x:FullRows="1">
   <Row ss:Height="25.5">
    <Cell ss:StyleID="s21"><Data ss:Type="String">hello&#10;world</Data></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="Number">2</Data></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="Number">3</Data></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="Number">4</Data></Cell>
   </Row>
  </Table>
  <WorksheetOptions xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">
   <Selected/>
   <Panes>
    <Pane>
     <Number>3</Number>
     <ActiveRow>1</ActiveRow>
     <ActiveCol>1</ActiveCol>
    </Pane>
   </Panes>
   <ProtectObjects>False</ProtectObjects>
   <ProtectScenarios>False</ProtectScenarios>
  </WorksheetOptions>
 </Worksheet>
 <Worksheet ss:Name="Sheet2">
 ...
 </Worksheet>
</Workbook>


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