How to convert XLA to XLS
Converting a .XLA file to .XLS lets you open the content in software that prefers the .XLS format, though some details may change compared with the original. We are still putting together the list of programs that handle .XLA files.
A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.
About these formats
.XLA
Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Add-In
An XLA file is a legacy Microsoft Excel add-in - a package of VBA macros that extends Excel with extra functions, commands or toolbars. You do not open it like a spreadsheet; you load it…
Open .XLA details →
.XLS
Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Workbook (Binary Interchange File Format, BIFF8)
An XLS file is an old-format Microsoft Excel spreadsheet from the Excel 97-2003 era, saved as a binary file rather than the ZIP-based XLSX used since 2007. You can open it free without…
Open .XLS details →
