Excel Spreadsheet (.xls) File
XLS File Format
Overview: About XLS File Extension
XLS file extension stands for eXceL Spreadsheet and is the file format that holds the data in the Microsoft Excel worksheet. The Excel stores the data in rows and columns format and is enriched with the features such as; calculations, pivot tables, etc. Apart from these it displays charts, graphs, histograms, etc. the file .xls stores the information in a proprietary format, the format is BIFF (Binary Interchange File Format). The documents are stored in fixed-size streams and it contains all the meta-data related with it.
Microsoft introduced XLS file format with Microsoft Excel. For Mac: September 30, 1985 | For Windows: November 1987.
Application Category
Database file category
Organization
MicrosoftFile Format
BIFF (Binary Interchange File Format)
Technical Specifications
MIME Type
application/excel
application/x-excel
application/vnd.ms-excel
application/x-ms-excel
application/x-dos_ms_excel
File Signature Details
D0 CF 11 E0 A1 B1 1A E1