LanguageWKS
Microsoft Works spreadsheet document
File type: Spreadsheet and workbook file
A wks file extension is related to the Microsoft Works office suite for Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS and Mac OS. A wks file stores spreadsheet created in Microsoft Works.
Found 3 different file type records with the same wks filename suffix.
What is wks file?
File type category:
Spreadsheet and workbook file
Date updated: January 3, 2025
The wks file extension is associated with Microsoft Works, an office suite produced by Microsoft, which was offered as smaller, less expensive, and with fewer features than the Microsoft Office suite.
Its core functionality includes a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database.
The wks file contains spreadsheet created with the Works application.
How to open wks file?
Use Microsoft Works to open the .wks files. Also some spreadsheets programs can still open the *.wks files, however the latest Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 and newer no longer support that format.
You can have luck with any earlier version of Excel, but you will probably loose some of the formatting from the .wks files.
How to convert wks file?
Microsoft Works could export its own spreadsheets to several other formats including Excel's XLS. Outside of that, some programs, like OpenOffice.org may still support the now discontinued format but it is not that well supported.
Suggested software to open wks file:
Associated software actions with the wks file
Software applications that can open wks files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit wks files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving wks files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Programs for viewing wks files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create wks files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that import wks files:
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that print wks files:
Microsoft Works (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
DeskMate worksheet
File type category:
Spreadsheet and workbook file
Date updated: January 14, 2019
The wks file extension is associated with DeskMate, a software application that provided an operating environment that competed with early versions of Microsoft Windows.
It originally was made for Tandy's TRS-DOS Operating System and for their TRS-80 line of computers, but eventually shifted to PC, where it was developed using C and Assembly.
The wks files contain worksheet used by the application.
How to open wks file?
Use DeskMate to open *.wks files.
How to convert wks file?
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Lotus 1-2-3 version 1.x spreadsheet
File type category:
Spreadsheet and workbook file
Date updated: July 19, 2018
The wks file extension is associated with Lotus 1-2-3 version 1.x, and used for default spreadsheet file format saved in the program.
The program is discontinued and no longer sold.
The .wks file stores spreadsheet created in the Lotus 1-2-3.
MIME types:
application/vnd.lotus-1-2-3
application/x-123
How to open wks file?
Use Lotus 1-2-3 version 1.x or later to open the .wks files.
Also some modern spreadsheets programs can still open the .wks files. However the latest versions of Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 no longer support that format. You can have luck with any earlier version of Excel, but you will probably lose most of the formatting from the .wks files.
How to convert wks file?
You can open *.wks in Microsoft Excel and save it to another file format. You will probably lose formatting.
Suggested software to open wks file:
Associated software actions with the wks file
Software applications that can open wks files:
Lotus 1-2-3 (Microsoft Windows)
Corel Quattro Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
LibreOffice Calc (Multiplatform)
Apache OpenOffice Calc (OpenOffice.org Calc) (Multiplatform)
Software applications that can edit wks files:
Lotus 1-2-3 (Microsoft Windows)
Corel Quattro Pro (Microsoft Windows)
LibreOffice Calc (Multiplatform)
Software capable of saving wks files:
Lotus 1-2-3 (Microsoft Windows)
Corel Quattro Pro (Microsoft Windows)
LibreOffice Calc (Multiplatform)
Software apps that create wks files:
Lotus 1-2-3 (Microsoft Windows)
Corel Quattro Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that convert wks files:
Corel Quattro Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that import wks files:
Gnumeric (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that print wks files:
Lotus 1-2-3 (Microsoft Windows)
Corel Quattro Pro (Microsoft Windows)
LibreOffice Calc (Multiplatform)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving wks files:
LibreOffice Calc (Multiplatform)