XLS to TXT - Convert document online
Conversion Results:
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How to convert XLS to TXT:
1. Click the "Choose Files" button to select multiple files on your computer or click the "URL" button to choose an online file from URL, Google Drive or Dropbox.
2. Choose a target document format. The target document format can be PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, HTML, TXT, CSV, RTF, ODT, ODS, ODP, XPS or OXPS. A target format can only be converted from certain document formats. For example: It can convert DOC to DOCX, but it can't convert DOC to XLSX. When choosing a target format, it will list what source formats can be converted to the target format.
3. Click the "Convert Now!" button to start batch conversion. The output files will be listed in the "Conversion Results" section. Click icon to show file QR code or save file to cloud storage services such as Google Drive or Dropbox.
XLS vs TXT:
| Name | XLS | TXT |
| Full name | Microsoft Excel Binary File Format | Raw Text File |
| File extension | .xls | .txt |
| MIME | application/vnd.ms-excel | text/plain |
| Developed by | Microsoft | Microsoft |
| Type of format | Spreadsheet | Plain text |
| Introduction | Microsoft Excel up until 2007 version used a proprietary binary file format called Excel Binary File Format (.XLS) as its primary format. Excel 2007 uses Office Open XML as its primary file format, an XML-based format that followed after a previous XML-based format called "XML Spreadsheet". | On most operating systems the name text file refers to file format that allows only plain text content with very little formatting (e.g., no bold or italic types). Such files can be viewed and edited on text terminals or in simple text editors. |
| Technical details | OpenOffice.org has created documentation of the Excel format. Since then Microsoft made the Excel binary format specification available to freely download. | "Text file" refers to a type of container, while plain text refers to a type of content. Text files can contain plain text, but they are not limited to such. At a generic level of description, there are two kinds of computer files: text files and binary files. |
| Associated programs | Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Kingsoft Office, Google Docs. | Notepad, TextEdit, WordPad, UltraEdit |
| Sample file | sample.xls | sample.txt |
| Wikipedia | XLS on Wikipedia | TXT on Wikipedia |