If there was a kind of rating of types (extensions) of files that exist on users' computers or servers on the Internet, then, without a doubt, the TOP-10 of this list would include Microsoft Excel files - spreadsheets. This is due to many reasons:
- the widespread use of tables for calculations in business and e-commerce;
- distribution of the Microsoft Office suite on hundreds of millions of computers around the world;
- the convenience of processing, storage and systematization of large volumes of data and calculations;
- Macro programming language built into the software shell;
- OLE support;
- a single format for storing data in xlsx and xls formats.
How to open a spreadsheet file from Microsoft? To open the xls file, you need to use certain programs, the choice of which will depend on the goals pursued.
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