.WKS File

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.

This wks file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format.

This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs.

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.

How to open:

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:

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.