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Microsoft Excel Symbolic Link format
File type: Spreadsheet and workbook file
Files with silk file extension can be typically found as data sheets in Microsoft Excel Symbolic Link format that is used to exchange data between spreadsheets.
File type category:
Spreadsheet and workbook file
Date updated: January 3, 2025
File extension silk is mainly known to be associated with Microsoft Excel spreadsheet editor. It is a variant of more common slk extension.
The SYLK acronym stands for a SYmbolic LinK, which is a Microsoft file format typically used to exchange data between applications, specifically data sheets or spreadsheets.
From within a spreadsheet data can be exported in the SYLK format. Comprised of only ASCII characters, it is easily created and processed by other applications, such as databases.
Mainly use Microsoft Excel to open and work with .silk files. Microsoft does not publish a SYLK specification. Variants of the format are supported by Multiplan, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Works, OpenOffice.org, and Gnumeric.
Using Microsoft Excels, users can convert files in SYLK format to any other suitable worksheet format.
Software applications that can open silk files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software applications that can edit silk files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software capable of saving silk files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software apps that create silk files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that import silk files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving silk files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
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