The .xls filename extension is a native binary file format associated with the closed source spreadsheet application Microsoft Office Excel. First introduced in 1987 with the release of Excel 2.x, the file format acts as the container for storing spreadsheet data such as work sheets, charts, and macros. Prior to Microsoft Office Excel 2007, the xls binary format was the default standard for the Microsoft Office Excel until the later adoption of the Open Document standard .xlsx. Documents to be saved in the .xls format are saved as Excel 97, 2003 documents.
XML files are used to interpret, transport, structure and store data. It was designed with the aim of the generality of usage across all over the Internet.
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.xls was extended to the Microsoft Office XML format spreadsheetML which was later succeeded by the Office Open XML specification. The format stores data as fixed sized streams and sub streams which contain cell records with actual user input cell data, formulas, cell properties, along with meta data about the file including information such as document author, date of creation, worksheet names etc. The main streams in the xls format are Workbook stream, Globals sub stream, and the worksheet sub stream.
There are wide varieties of uses of XML. Some of these uses are as follows. General application of XML is that it provides a standardized platform to store, access and display data. While doing web searches and web tasks, XML makes it easier to get desired results because XML defines the kind of data store in the file. The most popular use of XML is in web development. With XML it is easier to develop an interactive and wide variety with the option to the customer to customize. While data is stored once in XML, which can be used to present to different users with the different style of viewing and processing.
Upload your document file in the XLS format from your device, Dropbox, or Google Drive.
Select XML as the output format and click Convert. Adjust optional settings if needed.
Download the converted document file. Each file stays available for up to 5 downloads.