An xlk file extension is related to Microsoft Excel a spreadsheet editing tool for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X (macOS). An xlk file stores backup of spreadsheet document.

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XLK file extension - Microsoft Excel backup

What is xlk file? How to open xlk files?

File type specification:

Backup file type icon Backup file type

xlk file icon: xlk filetype icon

The xlk 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 xlk files were used by Microsoft Excel 2000 and earlier version for backups of the the xls workbook files. The latest Microsoft Excel can still open the xlk files.

MIME types:
application/excel
application/vnd.ms-excel
application/x-excel

Updated: April 22, 2024

The default software associated to open xlk file:

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Microsoft Corporation logoMicrosoft Excel  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation

A popular spreadsheet application distributed with Microsoft Office suite, Excel is offers 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. It is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X (macOS) and various mobile platforms.

Microsoft Office icon

Microsoft Corporation logoMicrosoft Office  Microsoft Windows software

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). 

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Microsoft Corporation logoMicrosoft Excel for Mac  Apple macOS / Mac OS X software

Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Excel for Mac is popular spreadsheet application used to analyze, organize and manage data and lists. It is able to create visually rich datasheets and tables with icons, data bars and color scales. Microsoft Excel for Mac is fully compatible with Microsoft Excel for Windows.

Microsoft Office for Mac icon

Microsoft Corporation logoMicrosoft Office for Mac  Apple macOS / Mac OS X software

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).

Help how to open:

Use Microsoft Excel to open the *.xlk files.

How to convert:

Use compatible tools to export *.xlk files to other formats.

Find conversions from xlk file:

xlk to accda

xlk to pdf

xlk to xcel

xlk to xls

xlk to xlsx

Find converter to xlk file type:

xls to xlk

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List of software applications associated to the .xlk file extension

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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open xlk file, edit xlk file, convert xlk file, view xlk file, play xlk file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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Software that open xlk file - Microsoft Excel backup

Programs supporting the exension xlk on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open xlk file action.

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