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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

Microsoft

File 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

Hexadecimal Signature D0 CF 11 E0 A1 B1 1A E1

Languages Supported

Arabic
Makhuwa
Burmese
Hai||om
Nepali
Dutch
Maori
Miskito
Hausa
Samoan
Norwegian, Bokmaal
Panjabi, Western
Ngabere
Papuan
Guaraní
Cusco Quechua
Tagalog
Polish

Applications Supported

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel Viewer
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