DOCUMENTS

What is the XLS file format?

XLS is the legacy Microsoft Excel 97–2003 binary workbook format. XLS remains readable by many spreadsheet suites, though XLSX is the newer Excel workbook format.

XLS.xlsDocumentsapplication/vnd.ms-excel90 MBMaximum source size

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Technical profile

Microsoft Excel 97–2003 · .xls · Documents

XLS

Extension

.xls

Category: Documents
Maximum source size: 90 MB
MIME types: application/vnd.ms-excel

Format properties

Microsoft Excel 97–2003

Compression method: Binary Office format

Format properties

What is the XLS file format?

What is XLS used for?

The legacy Microsoft Excel 97–2003 binary workbook format. XLS remains readable by many spreadsheet suites, though XLSX is the newer Excel workbook format.

XLS advantages and limitations

Legacy workbook features and older limits can differ from modern spreadsheet formats, and conversion should be checked when formulas or formatting matter.

When should you convert XLS?

Convert XLS for modern spreadsheet compatibility, data interchange or another supported output.

conversion paths

For Microsoft Excel 97–2003, MimiFile currently offers 4 conversions to other formats and 3 conversions from other formats.

Convert Microsoft Excel 97–2003 to

XLS → XLSXConvert a file to Excel workbook XLS → CSVConvert a file to CSV XLS → PDFConvert a file to PDF XLS → ODSConvert a file to OpenDocument Spreadsheet

Convert to Microsoft Excel 97–2003

XLSX → XLSConvert a Excel workbook file ODS → XLSConvert a OpenDocument Spreadsheet file CSV → XLSConvert a CSV file