What file formats can Microsoft Excel open?

Publish date: 2024-07-30
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    • Anyone that uses a PC for either school or work will need to use a spreadsheet sooner or later. While there are plenty of spreadsheet programs out there, few can rival Microsoft’s very own Excel in terms of popularity and versatility.

    This neat little tool is part of the Microsoft Office Suite and contains all the tools that you will ever need to create and manage spreadsheets that you can later use in databases.

    Of course, it doesn’t matter how popular a program is, it is impossible for everyone to know everything about it.

    That is why there are still plenty of users out there that don’t know what are the supported file formats that Microsoft Excel can handle.

    What file types can Microsoft Excel handle?

    1. Excel file formats

    Excel has several proprietary file formats that stem from the various spreadsheet types it can create. Additionally, new formats appeared as newer and newer versions of Excel were launched.

    Excel Workbook
    .xlsx    		XML Spreadsheet 2003
    .xml
    Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (code)
    .xlsm    		XML Data
    .xml
    Excel Binary Workbook
    .xlsb    		XML Data format.
    .xlam
    Template
    .xltx    		Excel 97-2003 Add-In
    .xla
    Template (code)
    .xltm    		Excel 4.0 Workbook
    .xlw
    Excel 97- Excel 2003 Workbook or Template
    .xls
    .xlt    		Works 6.0-9.0 spreadsheet
    .xlr
    Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook
    .xls

    2. Text file formats

    As you know, you cannot create a spreadsheet without any text, so Excel is designed to handle several very popular text files types.

    Formatted Text (Space-delimited)
    .prn
    Text (Tab-delimited, Macintosh, MS-DOS)
    .txt
    Unicode Text
    .txt
    CSV (Comma delimited, Macintosh, and MS-DOS)
    .csv
    DIF
    .dif
    SYLK
    .slk

    3. Other file formats

    Microsoft Excel is made to handle other popular file formats as well. PDFs can be opened and placed within a spreadsheet.

    Additionally, a lot of times you may want to print your spreadsheet, so XPS files are also supported.

    DBF 3, DBF 4
    .dbf
    OpenDocument Spreadsheet
    .ods
    PDF
    .pdf
    XPS Document
    .xps

    Other software tools that are similar to Microsoft Excel

    As far as PDF files go, Microsoft Excel is pretty good but it isn’t the best available. For better alternatives in opening PDF files, check out these neat tools:

    In addition to these formats, Excel supports even more file formats, but only for use in the clipboard, such as when you Copy-Paste an image file inside your document. These include JPG, BMP, HTM and HTML, and more.

    Are you surprised by just how many file formats Microsoft Excel can support? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

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