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Excel Open XML Workbook (XLSX) is the default spreadsheet format of Microsoft Excel since the 2007 release. An XLSX file is a ZIP package of Office Open XML parts describing worksheets, formulas, charts, and formatting. Compared with the old XLS format it is substantially smaller, supports over a million rows per sheet, and cannot contain macros — a deliberate safety measure.
Microsoft Excel opens XLSX natively, and Excel for the web opens it in a browser with a Microsoft account.
Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc, and Apple Numbers all preserve formulas and most formatting. Very complex workbooks with pivot tables or advanced charts are safest in Excel itself. To share data without letting recipients change it, convert the workbook with our XLSX to PDF tool.
Developed by: Microsoft
Standard: ECMA-376 / ISO/IEC 29500
Initial Release: 2007
Comma-Separated Values (CSV) is a plain-text format for tabular data. Each line is a row, and commas separate the columns, with the first line usually holding the column headings. There is no formatting, no formulas, and no multiple sheets — just the data itself. That simplicity is the point: almost every spreadsheet program, database, and analytics tool in existence can import and export CSV, which makes it the default choice for moving data between systems.
Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc all open CSV files directly and lay them out as a proper table.
Watch out for two common problems: Excel may convert long numbers or codes into dates, and files that use semicolons or tabs instead of commas need the right delimiter chosen during import. Use the Data → From Text/CSV import wizard rather than double-clicking to control this. To see the raw contents, open the file in any text editor, or convert it with our CSV to XLSX tool.
Developed by: No single vendor — formalised in RFC 4180
Initial Release: 1972
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