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File extension XAR - Microsoft Excel AutoRecover backup file

File type specification:

Backup file type icon Backup file type

Microsoft Office file type icon Microsoft Office file type

xar file icon: xar file icon

File extension XAR description:

The XAR file extension is associated with Microsoft Excel, one of the most popular and powerful tool you can use to create format spreadsheets, graphs and much more.

The .xar files are used since Microsoft Excel 2007 for autosaving purposes. Microsoft Excel 2007 and later has a built-in AutoRecover feature that has replaced the AutoSave add-in that exists in versions of Excel that are earlier than Microsoft Excel 2002.

The AutoRecover feature saves copies of all open Excel files at a user-definable fixed interval. The files can be recovered if Excel closes unexpectedly, for example, during a power failure.

The default software that works with xar file format:

Microsoft Office icon

Microsoft Corporation logo Microsoft Office

Company or developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Office is popular productivity suite for Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Office contains a set of applications and services used to work with documents (Microsoft Word), spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel), presentations (Microsoft Powerpoint), databases (Microsoft Access) etc.. Microsoft Office can be also used to manage e-mail accounts, tasks, calendars and contacts (Microsoft Outlook). Microsoft Office for Windows is distributed in six editions for Home, Academic and corporate sector.

Microsoft Excel icon

Microsoft Corporation logo Microsoft Excel

Company or developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Excel is popular spreadsheet application distributed with Microsoft Office suite. Excel is able to calculating, contains graphing tools, pivot tables and own programming language based on Visual Basic. Excel supports charts, graphs or histograms generated from specified groups of cells. Excel also can change data between other Microsoft Office applications. Excel is available for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

Microsoft Office for Mac icon

Microsoft Corporation logo Microsoft Office for Mac

Company or developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Office for Mac is popular office suite that contains a set of applications and services used to work with documents (Microsoft Word), spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel), presentations (Microsoft Powerpoint) and manage e-mail accounts, tasks, calendars and contacts (Microsoft Outlook).

Microsoft Office Mobile icon

Microsoft Corporation logo Microsoft Office Mobile

Company or developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Office Mobile is mobile version of Microsoft Office for Windows Mobile and Windows Phone operating systems that is able to open and edit Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office Excel documents, and view Microsoft Office PowerPoint documents.

Help how to open XAR files:

Microsoft Excel should be able to access data from *.xar files.

How to convert file with extension XAR:

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Related links:

Excel AutoRecover

List of software associated to the .xar file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, Mac OS X etc.) and possible program actions
that can be done with the file
: like open xar file, edit xar file, convert xar file, view xar file, play xar file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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  • Open xar file
  • Recover xar file
  • Backup xar file
  • Others xar file

Programs that open xar file - Microsoft Excel AutoRecover backup file

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Microsoft Windows platform:

Main software associated with xar file by default:
Microsoft Office small icon Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel small icon Microsoft Excel

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