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Below are the list of Excel-2013 Specifications and Limitations:
| Worksheet and workbook specifications and limits | MAXIMUM LIMIT |
| Maximum limits of memory storage and file size for Data Model workbooks | Depends on System, please refer MSDN |
| Open workbooks | Limited by available memory and system resources |
| Sheets in a workbook | Limited by available memory |
| Names in a workbook | Limited by available memory |
| Windows in a workbook | Limited by available memory |
| Linked sheets | Limited by available memory |
| Scenarios | Limited by available memory; a summary report shows only the first 251 scenarios |
| Custom functions | Limited by available memory |
| Reports | Limited by available memory |
| Named views in a workbook | Limited by available memory |
| Worksheet size | 1,048,576 rows by 16,384 columns |
| Column width | 255 characters |
| Row height | 409 points |
| Page breaks | 1,026 horizontal and vertical |
| Total number of characters that a cell can contain | 32,767 characters |
| Characters in a header or footer | 255 |
| Colors in a workbook | 16 million colors (32 bit with full access to 24 bit color spectrum) |
| Unique cell formats/cell styles | 64,000 |
| Fill styles | 256 |
| Line weight and styles | 256 |
| Unique font types | 1,024 global fonts available for use; 512 per workbook |
| Number formats in a workbook | Between 200 and 250, depending on the language version of Excel that you have installed |
| Hyperlinks in a worksheet | 66,530 hyperlinks |
| Panes in a window | 4 |
| Changing cells in a scenario | 32 |
| Adjustable cells in Solver | 200 |
| Zoom range | 10 percent to 400 percent |
| Sort references | 64 in a single sort; unlimited when using sequential sorts |
| Undo levels | 100 |
| Fields in a data form | 32 |
| Workbook parameters | 255 parameters per workbook |
| Items displayed in filter drop-down lists | 10,000 |
| Noncontiguous cells that can be selected | 2,147,483,648 cells |
| Calculation specifications and limits | MAXIMUM LIMIT |
| Worksheet arrays | Limited by available memory |
| Cross-worksheet array formula dependency | Limited by available memory |
| Area dependency | Limited by available memory |
| Area dependency per worksheet | Limited by available memory |
| Number precision | 15 digits |
| Smallest allowed negative number | -2.23E-308 |
| Smallest allowed positive number | 2.23E-308 |
| Largest allowed positive number | 1.00E+308 |
| Largest allowed negative number | -1.00E+308 |
| Largest allowed positive number via formula | 1.7976931348623158e+308 |
| Largest allowed negative number via formula | -1.7976931348623158e+308 |
| Length of formula contents | 8,192 characters |
| Internal length of formula | 16,384 bytes |
| Iterations | 32,767 |
| Selected ranges | 2,048 |
| Arguments in a function | 255 |
| Nested levels of functions | 64 |
| User defined function categories | 255 |
| Number of available worksheet functions | 341 |
| Size of the operand stack | 1,024 |
| Cross-worksheet dependency | 64,000 worksheets that can refer to other sheets |
| Dependency on a single cell | 4 billion formulas that can depend on a single cell |
| Linked cell content length from closed workbooks | 32,767 |
| Earliest date allowed for calculation | January 1, 1900 (January 1, 1904, if 1904 date system is used) |
| Latest date allowed for calculation | 31-Dec-99 |
| Largest amount of time that can be entered | 9999:59:59 |
| Charting specifications and limits | MAXIMUM LIMIT |
| Charts linked to a worksheet | Limited by available memory |
| Data points in a data series for 2-D charts | Limited by available memory |
| Data points in a data series for 3-D charts | Limited by available memory |
| Data points for all data series in one chart | Limited by available memory |
| Worksheets referred to by a chart | 255 |
| Data series in one chart | 255 |
| PivotTable and PivotChart report specifications and limits | MAXIMUM LIMIT |
| PivotTable reports on a sheet | Limited by available memory |
| Row or column fields in a PivotTable report | Limited by available memory |
| Calculated item formulas in a PivotTable report | Limited by available memory |
| Calculated item formulas in a PivotChart report | Limited by available memory |
| Unique items per field | 1,048,576 |
| Report filters in a PivotTable report | 256 (may be limited by available memory) |
| Value fields in a PivotTable report | 256 |
| Report filters in a PivotChart report | 256 (may be limited by available memory) |
| Value fields in a PivotChart report | 256 |
| Length of the MDX name for a PivotTable item | 32,767 |
| Length for a relational PivotTable string | 32,767 |
| Items displayed in filter drop-down lists | 10,000 |
| Shared workbook specifications and limits | MAXIMUM LIMIT |
| Personal views in a shared workbook | Limited by available memory |
| Workbooks that can be merged at one time | Limited by available memory |
| Users who can open and share a shared workbook at the same time | 256 |
| Days that change history is maintained | 32,767 (default is 30 days) |
| Cells that can be highlighted in a shared workbook | 32,767 |
| Colors used to identify changes made by different users when change highlighting is turned on | 32 (each user is identified by a separate color; changes made by the current user are highlighted with navy blue) |
| Excel tables in a shared workbook | 0 (zero) |
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Why the limit of ‘Largest allowed positive number via formula 1.7976931348623158e+308’ in Excel 2010