The only way to recover .xlk backup is to use the recovery function in Excel. Although these files were used in older versions of Excel, by all accounts even latest versions of the program should be able to recover the spreadsheets. Once this is done, you can save it to any other suitable format. Other than that, it is unlikely some utility designed just for the purpose of xlk to xcel conversion exists.
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Conversion of xlk file format to xcel file format beta
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Convert Microsoft Excel backup to Microsoft Excel for Mac spreadsheet.
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Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert xlk to xcel on OS X
Microsoft Excel for Mac
A popular spreadsheet application from the Microsoft Office suite
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from xlk file | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
to xcel file | No | Yes | Yes | xcel editor | Yes | No | No | No |
The table with program actions contains information about what each program is capable of doing with their files. This may be a good pointer for further searches for certain file conversions and help you find the converter you are looking for if our search result is insufficient for you. However, it is far from perfect and may sometimes show results which are not really usable because of the nature of the software handles the files. So a conversion that appears as possible, just because of matched actions, may in fact not be possible.
Additional links: Open xlk file, Open xcel file
XLK
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.
XCEL
An xcel file extension is related to the Microsoft Excel for Mac computers. An xcel file stores spreadsheet.
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