Convert wks to txt

Conversion of wks file format to txt file format ^beta

Search for wks to txt converter or software able to handle these file types.

Found 2 different conversion types using the same filename extensions.

wks to txt conversion basically relates to export of the text data from old Microsoft Works or Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets (both program used .wks files), something that may be a little tricky to achieve nowadays. Your best bet in working or converting of old .wks files is to use some of the older versions of Excel/Works, because the newer versions no longer support old formats.

Conversion wks to txt type 1:

Convert from Microsoft Works spreadsheet document to Simple plain text file.

Microsoft Windows software - convert wks to txt on Windows

Microsoft Excel

A popular spreadsheet application distributed with Microsoft Office suite

File extension	File type (from-> to)	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
Convert from wks file	Microsoft Works spreadsheet document	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
to txt file	Simple plain text file	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No

The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned wks to txt. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.