[Windows XP]
FYI
This forum was searched for both "emfprinter" and "emf".
This is more of a feature than it is a bug, and it's about Francesco Montorsi's emfprinter (@emfprinter.sourceforge.net)

Excel produces emf files by means of a virtual emfprinter (raster images were not available in the produced emf the files), and could then be imported by Inkscape 0.46 and Xara's current Xtreme Graphic Designer. In both packages the text was editable, and in Inkscape the spreadsheet cells were recognized, but put all in one place and in the same colour (it took the appearance of a yellow fill colour that was used in Excel).

Of course I don't consider this a bug, but more of an other possibility, that is FYI.

Thank you.
Yours,
Bas Schoutsen

Extra information considering emfprinter and Xara's (Magix) Xtreme Graphic Designer 2 ('Ctrl+C' Windows XP error message);
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EMF/WMF Unhandled Records
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The metafile records:
EMR_SETLAYOUT
EMR_SETMETARGN
was not processed
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OK
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Not to clog up your forum, but close enough;) Thanks again.

[correction]

Both Inkscape and Xara recognized the individual spreadsheet cells. (Xara couldn't ungroup them though, but that may not be important. )

This is a great forum system you have, concerning the openness of it, I hope I did make use of it correctly.

Bas

Hello Bas,

So this is a feature request then. Please fill a bug-report at our launchpad site:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape

This way we can keep track of it more easily. Please describe in detail what you'd want Inkscape to do.

We'll do. Agreed.