LanguageSYK
Microsoft Excel Symbolic Link format
File type: Spreadsheet and workbook file
An syk file extension is related to the Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet editor. An syk file contains Microsoft Excel Symbolic Link data.
What is syk file?
File type category:
Spreadsheet and workbook file
Date updated: December 20, 2024
The syk file extension is associated with Microsoft Excel. The SYLK stands for a Symbolic Link, which is a Microsoft file format typically used to exchange data between applications, specifically spreadsheets. Some earlier version of Microsoft Excel used to have the .syk file file extension, the more common file extension used today is the .slk.
From within a spreadsheet data can be exported in the SYLK format. Comprised of only ASCII characters, it is easily created and processed by other applications, such as databases.
Microsoft does not publish a SYLK specification. Variants of the format are supported by Multiplan, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Works, OpenOffice.org, and Gnumeric.
How to open syk file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert syk file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open syk file:
Associated software actions with the syk file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving syk files:
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Office (Microsoft Windows)