Both .xl and .xls files come from MS Excel, so you should easily resave one to another using the software or any other spreadsheet software with support of Excel formats. You might even find converters online, capable of xl to xls conversion directly in web browser.
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Conversion of xl file format to xls file format beta
Search for xl to xls converter or software able to handle these file types.
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We have found 2 software records in our database eligible for .xl to .xls file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert xl to xls on Windows
Microsoft Excel
A popular spreadsheet application distributed with Microsoft Office suite
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from xl file | No | Yes | Yes | xl editor | Yes | No | No | No |
to xls file | 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 xl 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.
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert xl to xls on OS X
Microsoft Excel for Mac
A popular spreadsheet application from the Microsoft Office suite
Additional links: Open xl file, Open xls file
XL
Files with xl extension can be sometimes find as old or renamed Excel spreadsheets.
XLS
Files with xls extension are best known as spreadsheets from Microsoft Excel. A spreadsheet is basically a grid of cells sorted in rows and columns. Each cell can contain text, numeric or formula data. Excel XLS spreadsheets can be opened in most other similar programs, such as OpenOffice.org Calc.
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