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What is .xls file?
.xls is the default file extension for spreadsheets created using Microsoft Excel 97-2003. Microsoft spreadsheet solution called MS Excel is one of the best spreadsheet solutions available with desktop publishing capabilities. The .xls files can contain formatted tables, formulas, text, images, tables, graphs, charts, page formatting, and print settings. Microsoft office 2007 onwards the extension was changed to .xlsx Microsoft Excel files use a proprietary format for storing Microsoft Excel documents. This file format is known as the Binary Interchange File Format (BIFF). Data inside all Office Document files are stored in series of fixed-size streams. The location of each fixed-size stream is described by several sector allocation tables. These streams contain meta-data information about the document, such as the author name, subject, and individual sheet names.
Recommended Software Programs to open
.xls
file
Apple Mac OS X:
Microsoft Excel For Mac
Microsoft Excel 2011
Apache OpenOffice
Planamesa NeoOffice
LibreOffice
Apple iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch devices):
Microsoft Excel
Polaris Office
Google Android:
Google Sheets
Microsoft Office Mobile
Office Suite
Polaris Office
Kingsoft WPS Office for Android
MobiSystems OfficeSuite Pro
Microsoft Windows:
Apache Open Office
Microsoft excel all version
File Viewer Lite
Microsoft Excel 2013
Microsoft Excel Viewer
Corel Quattro Pro X7
Apache OpenOffice
Kingsoft Spreadsheets
Nuance OmniPage Ultimate
Gnumeric
LibreOffice
Windows Mobile:
Office 360 (Preinstalled)
Linux:
Apache OpenOffice
Gnumeric
LibreOffice