How to convert a XLS file?
- 1Choose the converter you need and upload your XLS file(s).
- 2Select your target format and click Convert.
- 3When processing finishes, click Download to save your file.
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What is a XLS file?
XLS is a spreadsheet file format used for tables, calculations, and charts. You can convert XLS to CSV, ODS, PDF, XLSX with DocVert.
How to open a XLS file?
You can often open XLS files with spreadsheet software like Excel or LibreOffice. If you don’t have a compatible app, you can convert CSV, ET, Numbers, ODS, XLSM, more to XLS (or convert XLS to a more common format) with DocVert.
Format details
- File extension
- .xls
- Category
- Spreadsheet
- MIME types
- application/csv, application/octet-stream, application/pdf…
- Conversions
- 4 out · 6 in
Convert XLS to other file types
4 supported outputs
Convert XLS to other file types
4 supported outputs
Specific XLS converters
6 supported inputs
Specific XLS converters
6 supported inputs
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