Microsoft Excel
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
- This article is about the software, and all of its many file formats. For the main Excel file formats, see XLS and XLSX.
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application. It is a component of the Microsoft Office suite.
Related articles
- SpreadsheetML (XML format preceding later XLSX format)
- XLM (Excel spreadsheet macro, old pre-XML format)
- XLS (Excel spreadsheet old pre-XML format)
- XLSB (Excel binary workbook)
- XLSM (Excel macro-enabled spreadsheet format, XML version)
- XLSX (Excel spreadsheet format, XML version)
- XLT (Excel template, old pre-XML format)
- XLTM (Excel macro-enabled template, XML version)
- XLTX (Excel template, XML version)
Formats
| Format | Version | MIME type | Ext. | PRONOM | Refer to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Excel 2.x Worksheet (xls) | 2 | application/vnd.ms-excel | .xls | fmt/55 | XLS |
| Microsoft Excel 3.0 Worksheet (xls) | 3 | .xls | fmt/56 | ||
| Microsoft Excel 4.0 Worksheet (xls) | 4S | .xls | fmt/57 | ||
| Microsoft Excel 4.0 Workbook (xls) | 4W | application/vnd.ms-excel | .xlw | fmt/58 | XLS |
| Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook (xls) | 5/95 | .xlw, .xls | fmt/59 | ||
| Microsoft Excel 97 Workbook (xls) | 8 | .xlw, .xls | fmt/61 | ||
| Microsoft Excel 2000-2003 Workbook (xls) | 8X | .xlw, .xls | fmt/62 | ||
| Microsoft Excel Chart | 2.x | application/vnd.ms-excel | .xlc | fmt/553 | |
| Microsoft Excel Chart | 3.0 | .xlc | fmt/554 | ||
| Microsoft Excel Chart | 4.0 | .xlc | x-fmt/126 | ||
| Microsoft Excel Macro | 2.x | application/vnd.ms-excel | .xlm | fmt/555 | XLM |
| Microsoft Excel Macro | 3.0 | .xlm | fmt/556 | ||
| Microsoft Excel Macro | 4.0 | .xla, .xlm | x-fmt/123 | ||
| Microsoft Excel Workspace | .xlw | x-fmt/128 | |||
| Microsoft Excel Template | 2000 | .xlt | x-fmt/17 | XLT | |
| Microsoft Excel for Macintosh | 2001 | .xls | fmt/175 | XLS | |
| Microsoft Excel for Macintosh | 2002 | .xls | fmt/176 | ||
| Microsoft Excel for Macintosh | 2004 | .xls | fmt/177 | ||
| Microsoft Excel Backup | .xlk | x-fmt/23 | |||
| Microsoft Excel Add-In | .xla, .xll | x-fmt/124 | |||
| Microsoft Excel Toolbar | .xlb | x-fmt/125 | |||
| Microsoft Excel ODBC Query | .dqy | x-fmt/46 | |||
| Microsoft Excel Web Query | .iqy | x-fmt/58 | |||
| Microsoft Excel OLAP Query | .oqy | x-fmt/74 | |||
| Microsoft Excel OLE DB Query | .rqy | x-fmt/97 | |||
| Microsoft Excel for Windows | 2007 onwards | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet | .xlsx | fmt/214 | XLSX |
| Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled | 2007 | application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12 | .xlsm | fmt/445 | XLSM |
| Microsoft Excel 2007 Binary Workbook | 2007 onwards | application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12 | .xlsb | fmt/595 | XLSB |
| Microsoft Excel Template for Windows | 2007 onwards | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template | .xltx | fmt/598 | XLTX |
| Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Template | 2007 | application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroEnabled.12 | .xltm | fmt/627 | XLTM |
| Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Add-In | 2007 | application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12 | .xlam | fmt/628 |
