LanguageXLW
Microsoft Excel workspace
File type: Settings, options, themes or skins file, Microsoft Office file
Files with xlw file extension generally contain saved workspace for Microsoft Excel programs. These are used by user to save the position to GUI elements and layouts of the screen, so they can use the same settings on different computers.
What is xlw file?
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Microsoft Office file
Date updated: December 20, 2024
The xlw file extension is associated with Microsoft Excel, one of the most popular and powerful tool you can use to create format spreadsheets, graphs and much more.
The xlw files are used in Microsoft Excel for workspace files.
The xlw files contains the screen locations of one or more workbooks and also the references to each individual workbook. The .xlw files are used to restore the whole layout when the user is working on multiple workbooks.
The xlw files do not include the actual workbook data, but only the layout on the screen. In order to open the .xlw files you must have all the workbooks referenced be the file.
Older versions of Microsoft Excel also used the .xlw files for workbooks, but the more common is the xls file extension. The older .xlw workbook files have complete different file format.
MIME types:
application/excel
application/vnd.ms-excel
application/x-excel
application/msexcel
application/x-msexcel
How to open xlw file?
Microsoft Excel can open the *.xlw files and apply these settings.
Suggested software to open xlw file:
Associated software actions with the xlw file
Software applications that can open xlw files:
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that can edit xlw files:
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software capable of saving xlw files:
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that create xlw files:
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that import xlw files:
Calligra Suite (Multiplatform)
Software apps that recover xlw files:
Advanced Office Repair (Microsoft Windows)
Advanced Excel Repair (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that print xlw files:
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving xlw files:
Microsoft Office (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Office for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)