.XLW File

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

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.

How to open:

Microsoft Excel can open the *.xlw files and apply these settings.

How to convert:

As far as we know, this .xlw file type can't be converted to any other file format. This is usually the case of system, configuration, temporary, or data files containing data exclusive to only one software and used for its own purposes. Also some proprietary or closed file formats cannot be converted to more common file types in order to protect the intellectual property of the developer, which is for example the case of some DRM-protected multimedia files.