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Conversion of wks file format to xls file format ^beta

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

Found 2 different conversion types using the same filename extensions.

Some sources claim that both WKS and XLS formats were supported in previous versions of Microsoft Office (2007 and older) and so if you have access to them you can be successful with wks to xls conversion. Microsoft Excel 2010 and later cannot open or work with older Works spreadsheets (.wks), regardless if they come from Microsoft Works or old Lotus 1-2-3.

Open source programs from the LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org bundles still support WKS format and can be used to successfully convert spreadsheets from wks to xls. Same probably goes for Corel Quattro Pro that supposedly still have support for the old MS Works formats.

Conversion wks to xls type 1:

Convert from Microsoft Works spreadsheet document to Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook.

Microsoft Windows software - convert wks to xls 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 xls file	Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook	Yes, Microsoft Excel supports xls file conversion as a target file type.	Yes	Yes	xls editor	Yes	No	No	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 xls. 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.

Microsoft Works

An older office and productivity suite for Windows

File extension	File type (from-> to)	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
wks	Microsoft Works spreadsheet document	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
xls	Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Additional links: Open wks file, Open xls file

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Conversion wks to xls type 2:

Convert from Lotus 1-2-3 version 1.x spreadsheet to Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook.

Microsoft Windows software - convert wks to xls 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
wks	Lotus 1-2-3 version 1.x spreadsheet	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
xls	Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Corel Quattro Pro

A spreadsheet software application from Corel

File extension	File type (from-> to)	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
wks	Lotus 1-2-3 version 1.x spreadsheet	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
xls	Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Linux/Unix software - convert wks to xls on Linux

Gnumeric

An open-source spreadsheet program

File extension	File type (from-> to)	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
wks	Lotus 1-2-3 version 1.x spreadsheet	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
xls	Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No

Multiplatform software - convert wks to xls on any platform

LibreOffice Calc

Full-featured spreadsheet tool from LibreOffice suite

File extension	File type (from-> to)	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
wks	Lotus 1-2-3 version 1.x spreadsheet	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
xls	Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No

Apache OpenOffice Calc (OpenOffice.org Calc)

Spreadsheet program from OpenOffice.org productivity suite

File extension	File type (from-> to)	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
wks	Lotus 1-2-3 version 1.x spreadsheet	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
xls	Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Additional links: Open wks file, Open xls file

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