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Questions tagged [xls]

xls is the file extension of the standard format of Microsoft Excel through version 11 (Excel 2003).

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How do I stop Excel from converting value 0503E000 to 5.03E+02 automatically?

Excel converting value 0503E000 to 5.03E+02 in any cell automatically in CSV I tried to convert it to text number and general but after i save it and reopen it again it goes back to 5.03E+02 How do I stop this from happening?
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Difference between CSV and XLS files?

What are CSV and XLS(Microsoft or OpenOffice) files ? What is the main difference between these two files ?
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Convert XLS to CSV in Unix

Is there an easy to compile plain C XLS (Excel sheet(s)) to CSV (or other text delimited format) converter for Linux or the BSDs that doesn't rely on Perl and installing a bunch of module perl modules or using X, any kind of GUI, or Windows? I've…
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How to create a vcf file from xls file containing mobile contacts

I need to transfer contacts from my old phone to the new one. I have an xls file from my contacts, but my new phone only imports vcf files. What can I do to convert the xls file to vcf?
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By use of what could an .xlsx file be collaboratively edited?

This question comes from a question asked yesterday here, the comments of which lead me to believe this separate question might be appropriate. To explain again: a small group of individuals have been given a .xlsx file (newer excel) which they…
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unable to open excel sheet in linux

I am not able to open excel file which is generated from java web application in Linux. The file is opening in Windows but not in Linux. I am not using Open Office. I have two different applications deployed in two different was7 servers in same…
Ajey
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using powershell, is it possible to convert an XLSX file to XLS?

As the title states, is this possible? I found some scripts for XLS to XLSX, but not the other way around. Can this be done with powershell? Thanks
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Microsoft Office 2010 Excel will not open two xls

I am using Windows 7 and Windows 8 and I see the following behavior with Microsoft Office 2010. Create two Excel files, say a.xls and b.xls Open a.xls by double clicking it. After the file is opened in Office 2010 Excel, modify this file and do…
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Why recovered .xls and .doc files show as symbols?

I formatted an NTFS drive (and re-installed windows) which had some important .doc and .xls files, I used 2 recovery software and both recovered my files but seem to be corrupt, when opened they appear as symbols something like this —‰iÄá–§ ê…
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Open source, command-line tool to convert Excel .xls to .xlsx without Excel

I'm looking for an open source, command-line tool to convert files from the old, binary Excel ".xls" format to the new (Excel 2007) Open XML .xlsx, without Excel installed, on a Windows PC. Ideas? Edit: Open source is strongly preferred, but free…
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Table exported in XLS format doesn't show anything in Libre-Calc

A web application exports some tabular data in XLS format. The XLS file shows the content alright when opened in MS-Office but shows blank sheet when opened in Libre-Calc. My versions: Ubuntu 11.10 Firefox 9.0.1 LibreOffice 3.4.4 OOO340m1…
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Batch XLS to CSV Converter

Using Windows, I need a script to convert all the (xls) files of a directory to csv.
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Color drop down in Excel cell (with no text)? e.g. bgcolor = Red-Green-Amber-unknown

I have an Excel sheet that I'm using to keep track of the status of certain things. I want to have a column which consists of cells containing a repeated drop down that allows you to select (as background) red amber green unknown I don't want any…
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Dutch Excel displaying dates in different formats even though they are in the same format in the file - is there a way to ensure consistency?

We create files with dates in them in the form dd/mmm/yyyy. These spreadsheet files are in html format with extension .xls (Further info: created via HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";) When I load one of these…
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Can't change txt files to open with anything but WordPad

I want to change txt files to open with a specific .xls it used to work but for some reason now it won't save anymore when I set the .xls program as the default. It's a serious pain to have to open each txt manually and change it to xls. I want…
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