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> A side note:
> I made three files, one with a MS Notepad, one with MS Word, one with MS 
Excel. With each program I stored only the letter 'A'.
> Using the current settings that are used in my company (just ordinary "Windows 
settings", no special) I got the following result:
> 
> File length in bytes:
> text editor: 1
> MS Word: 19456
> MS Excel: 13824

That's not at all astonishing. A text editor does not add any formatting 
information.

Word and Excel add paper layout, font descriptions and what else... So what?