XLS files are Excel workbook files created in Excel 97 or Excel 2003. The 2007, 2010 and 2013 versions of the program use the XLSX format by default to save workbooks, but can also use the XLS format.

Spreadsheets: love them or hate them, they are a part of modern-day life and Microsoft’s Excel software is the go-to for most users spreadsheet needs. But what happens when you want to edit a ...

If you work with multiple Excel files over the course of a workday, and especially if you use a dual-monitor setup, you might wonder how you can launch each Excel file in its own window so you can ...

If you cannot open the Excel file from its location, simply open any Excel file and click the File tab. Then, go to Open > Browse and select the file giving error ...

Spreadsheets created in Apple Numbers can be wondrous things, but opening them in Excel on a Windows PC is something of a headache. It can be done, though, with a little help from iCloud. In this ...

There are many people who have Windows as well as Mac computers and use both these OSs. When you do so, you might sometimes face difficulties like opening a file created by one OS on the other ...

With the introduction of Office 2007, Microsoft abandoned the age-old .doc format in favor of the newer .docx (also known as the Office Open XML format). If you’re still using Word 2003 or an earlier ...