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.xltm – Excel macro-enabled template; same as xltx but may contain macros and scripts; Other formats Microsoft Excel uses dedicated file formats that are not part of OOXML, and use the following extensions:.xlsb – Excel binary worksheet (BIFF12).xla – Excel add-in that can contain macros.xlam – Excel macro-enabled add-in
VBA can, however, control one application from another using OLE Automation. For example, VBA can automatically create a Microsoft Word report from Microsoft Excel data that Excel collects automatically from polled sensors. VBA can use, but not create, ActiveX/COM DLLs, and later versions add support for class modules.
Apache OpenOffice from version 3.0 can import Office Open XML files but not save them. [46] Version 3.2 improved this feature with read support even for password-protected Office Open XML files. [47] [48] [49] The Go-oo fork of OpenOffice could also write OOXML files. KOffice from version 2.2 and later was able to import OOXML files.
Although supporting and encouraging the use of new XML-based formats as replacements, Excel 2007 remained backwards-compatible with the traditional, binary formats. In addition, most versions of Microsoft Excel can read CSV, DBF, SYLK, DIF, and other legacy formats. Support for some older file formats was removed in Excel 2007. [32]
Besides differences in the schema, there are several other differences between the earlier Office XML schema formats and Office Open XML. Whereas the data in Office Open XML documents is stored in multiple parts and compressed in a ZIP file conforming to the Open Packaging Conventions, Microsoft Office XML formats are stored as plain single monolithic XML files (making them quite large ...
DOCX, XLSX, PPTX Multiple formats Yes Yes Microsoft Excel 2003 XML XML Spreadsheet Yes Yes Microsoft Excel 4/5/95 XLS, XLW, XLT Spreadsheet Yes Up to 3.6 [78] Microsoft Excel 97–2003 XLS, XLW, XLT Spreadsheet Yes Yes Microsoft Excel 2007-2021 XLSX Spreadsheet Yes Yes Microsoft Excel Web Query File IQY Data sources, text From 5.4 [79]
Microsoft Access stores data in its own format based on the Access Database Engine. It can also import or link directly to data stored in other applications and databases. [28] Microsoft Project is a project management app for Windows to keep track of events and to create network charts and Gantt charts, not bundled in any Office suite.
For executable files, it is hard to create this kind of tool. But it is very simple for macro viruses since sources of macros are always available. Based on the same idea of polymorphic macros, a macro can perform modifications to all macros present in the document.