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Microsoft Excel

A typical blank Microsoft Excel 2010 spreadsheet running on Windows 7.
Software information
DeveloperMicrosoft
Stable release2010 (14.0.4760.1000)
Latest release dateJune 15, 2010
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeSpreadsheet
LicenseProprietary

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel: Mac 2008 spreadsheet running on Mac OS X 10.5.
Software information
DeveloperMicrosoft
Stable release2008 SP2 (12.2.3 Build 091001)
Latest release dateNovember 10, 2009(age 0)
Operating systemMac OS X
TypeSpreadsheet
LicenseProprietary
Website2008

Microsoft Excel

NameExcel Spreadsheet
Extension.xls, (.xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb - Excel 2007)
Mimeapplication/vnd.ms-excel
Uniform Typecom.microsoft.excel.xls
OwnerMicrosoft
GenreSpreadsheet

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Microsoft Excel (full name Microsoft Office Excel) is a spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables and a macro programming language called VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). It has been a very widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms, especially since version 5 in 1993. Excel forms part of Microsoft Office. The current versions are Microsoft Office Excel 2010 for Windows and 2008 for Mac.

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Standard file-extensions :
Format Extension Description
Spreadsheet .xls Main spreadsheet format which holds data in worksheets, charts, and macros
Add-in (VBA) .xla Adds custom functionality; written in VBA
Toolbar .xlb The file extension where Microsoft Excel custom toolbar settings are stored.
Chart .xlc A chart created with data from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that only saves the chart. To save the chart and spreadsheet save as .XLS. >XLC is not supported in Excel 2007.
Dialog .xld Used in older versions of Excel.
Archive .xlk A backup of an Excel Spreadsheet
Add-in (DLL) .xll Adds custom functionality; written in C++/C, Visual Basic, Fortran, etc. and compiled in to a special dynamic-link library
Macro .xlm A macro is created by the user or pre-installed with Excel.
Template .xlt A pre-formatted spreadsheet created by the user or by Microsoft Excel.
Module .xlv A module is written in VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) for Microsoft Excel
Workspace .xlw Arrangement of the windows of multiple Workbooks

Office Open XML :
New Excel 2007 formats
Format Extension Description
Excel Workbook .xlsx The default Excel 2007 workbook format. In reality a ZIP compressed archive with a directory structure of XML text documents. Functions as the primary replacement for the former binary .xls format, although it does not support Excel macros for security reasons.
Excel Macro-enabled Workbook .xlsm As Excel Workbook, but with macro support.
Excel Binary Workbook .xlsb As Excel Macro-enabled Workbook, but storing information in binary form rather than XML documents for opening and saving documents more quickly and efficiently. Intended especially for very large documents with tens of thousands of rows, and/or several hundreds of columns.
Excel Macro-enabled Template .xltm A template document that forms a basis for actual workbooks, with macro support. The replacement for the old .xlt format.
Excel Add-in .xlam Excel add-in to add extra functionality and tools. Inherent macro support because of the file purpose.

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