How do I convert a file to XLSX?

You can also convert XLSM into many other file formats. Please see the complete list below.

XLSM TO XPS Converter (Open XML Paper Specification)

XLSM TO TEX Converter (LaTeX Source Document)

XLSM TO PPT Converter (PowerPoint Presentation)

XLSM TO PPS Converter (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show)

XLSM TO PPTX Converter (PowerPoint Open XML Presentation)

XLSM TO PPSX Converter (PowerPoint Open XML Slide Show)

XLSM TO ODP Converter (OpenDocument Presentation File Format)

XLSM TO OTP Converter (Origin Graph Template)

XLSM TO POTX Converter (Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML Template)

XLSM TO POT Converter (PowerPoint Template)

XLSM TO POTM Converter (Microsoft PowerPoint Template)

XLSM TO PPTM Converter (Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation)

XLSM TO PPSM Converter (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show)

XLSM TO FODP Converter (OpenDocument Flat XML Presentation)

XLSM TO SVG Converter (Scalable Vector Graphics File)

XLSM TO EPUB Converter (Digital E-Book File Format)

XLSM TO AZW3 Converter (Kindle eBook format)

XLSM TO HTM Converter (Hypertext Markup Language File)

XLSM TO HTML Converter (Hyper Text Markup Language)

XLSM TO MHTML Converter (MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate HTML)

XLSM TO MHT Converter (MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate HTML)

XLSM TO XLS Converter (Microsoft Excel Binary File Format)

Convert XLSM TO XLSM (Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet)

Convert XLSM TO XLSB (Microsoft Excel Binary Spreadsheet File)

Convert XLSM TO ODS (Open Document Spreadsheet)

Convert XLSM TO XLTX (Microsoft Excel Open XML Template)

Convert XLSM TO XLT (Microsoft Excel Template)

Convert XLSM TO XLTM (Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Template)

Convert XLSM TO TSV (Tab Separated Values File)

Convert XLSM TO XLAM (Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Add-In)

Convert XLSM TO CSV (Comma Separated Values File)

Convert XLSM TO FODS (OpenDocument Flat XML Spreadsheet)

Convert XLSM TO SXC (StarOffice Calc Spreadsheet)

Convert XLSM TO JSON (JavaScript Object Notation File)

Convert XLSM TO XML (Extended Markup Language)

Convert XLSM TO TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

Convert XLSM TO TIF (Tagged Image File Format)

Convert XLSM TO JPG (Joint Photographic Expert Group Image File)

Convert XLSM TO JPEG (JPEG Image)

Convert XLSM TO PNG (Portable Network Graphic)

Convert XLSM TO GIF (Graphical Interchange Format File)

Convert XLSM TO BMP (Bitmap File Format)

Convert XLSM TO ICO (Microsoft Icon File)

Convert XLSM TO PSD (Adobe Photoshop Document)

XLSM TO WMF Conversion (Windows Metafile)

XLSM TO EMF Conversion (Enhanced Metafile Format)

XLSM TO DCM Conversion (DICOM Image)

XLSM TO DICOM Conversion (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)

XLSM TO WEBP Conversion (Raster Web Image File Format)

XLSM TO JP2 Conversion (JPEG 2000 Core Image File)

XLSM TO EMZ Conversion (Enhanced Windows Metafile Compressed)

XLSM TO WMZ Conversion (Windows Metafile Compressed)

XLSM TO SVGZ Conversion (Compressed Scalable Vector Graphics File)

XLSM TO TGA Conversion (Targa Graphic)

XLSM TO PSB Conversion (Adobe Photoshop Image File)

XLSM TO DOC Conversion (Microsoft Word Document)

XLSM TO DOCM Conversion (Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Document)

XLSM TO DOCX Conversion (Microsoft Word Open XML Document)

XLSM TO DOT Conversion (Microsoft Word Document Template)

XLSM TO DOTM Conversion (Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Template)

XLSM TO DOTX Conversion (Word Open XML Document Template)

XLSM TO RTF Conversion (Rich Text File Format)

XLSM TO ODT Conversion (Open Document Text)

XLSM TO OTT Conversion (Open Document Template)

XLSM TO TXT Conversion (Plain Text File Format)

XLSM TO MD Conversion (Markdown)

XLSM TO PDF Conversion (Portable Document)

To convert an old xls Excel file to a new xlsx file, you can apply the Save As feature in Excel, but, if there are multiple xls files needed to be converted, how could deal with this task quickly and easily?

  • Convert multiple xls formats to xlsx formats with Save As function one by one
  • Convert multiple xls formats to xlsx formats at once with VBA code
  • Convert multiple xls formats to xlsx formats at once with a powerful feature
  • Convert Multiple Workbooks To PDF Files at once

Convert multiple xls formats to xlsx formats with Save As function one by one

The Save As function in Excel can help you convert the old workbook’s xls format to new xlsx format one by one.

1. Open your workbook that you want to convert its format.

2. Click File > Save As, and a Save As dialog will display, specify a folder to place the new format of the file, and then click Save as type drop down list to choose Excel Workbook, see screenshot:

How do I convert a file to XLSX?

3. Then click Save button to close the dialog, and this Excel format has been converted from xls to xlsx.

Tips: With this Save As function, you just only convert one Excel file at a time, if you have hundreds of Excel files need to be converted, this method is not a good choice.


Convert multiple xls formats to xlsx formats at once with VBA code

If you want to convert multiple xls files to xlsx files at once without saving one by one, here, I will talk about a VBA code for you, please do with the following steps:

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA code: Convert multiple xls formats to xlsx formats at once

Sub ConvertToXlsx()
'Updateby Extendoffice
Dim strPath As String
Dim strFile As String
Dim xWbk As Workbook
Dim xSFD, xRFD As FileDialog
Dim xSPath As String
Dim xRPath As String
Set xSFD = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
With xSFD
.Title = "Please select the folder contains the xls files:"
.InitialFileName = "C:\"
End With
If xSFD.Show <> -1 Then Exit Sub
xSPath = xSFD.SelectedItems.Item(1)
Set xRFD = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
With xRFD
.Title = "Please select a folder for outputting the new files:"
.InitialFileName = "C:\"
End With
If xRFD.Show <> -1 Then Exit Sub
xRPath = xRFD.SelectedItems.Item(1) & "\"
strPath = xSPath & "\"
strFile = Dir(strPath & "*.xls")
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Do While strFile <> ""
If Right(strFile, 3) = "xls" Then
Set xWbk = Workbooks.Open(Filename:=strPath & strFile)
xWbk.SaveAs Filename:=xRPath & strFile & "x", _
FileFormat:=xlOpenXMLWorkbook
xWbk.Close SaveChanges:=False
End If
strFile = Dir
Loop
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

3. Then, press F5 key to run this code, and a window will be displayed, please select a folder which contains the xls files that you want to convert, see screenshot:

How do I convert a file to XLSX?

4. Then,click OK, another window is popped out, please select a folder path where you want to output the new converted files, see screenshot:

How do I convert a file to XLSX?

5. And then, clik OK, after finishing the conversion, you can go to the specified folder to preview the converted result, see screenshots:


Convert multiple xls formats to xlsx formats at once with a powerful feature

With this Kutools for Excel’s Format Converter utility, you can convert multiple xls formats to xlsx formats or vise versa, it also can help you convert multiple workbooks to PDF files at one.

Note:To apply this Format Converter, firstly, you should download the Kutools for Excel, and then apply the feature quickly and easily.

After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as this:

1. Click Kutools Plus > Workbook > Format Converter, see screenshot:

How do I convert a file to XLSX?

2. And a promt box will pop out to remind you must close the workbook that you want to convert. See screenshot:

How do I convert a file to XLSX?

3. Click OK, then, in the File Format Converter dialog, specify the following options:

  • Under the Convert type drop down list, select Excel 97-2003 to Excel 2007 or higher;
  • Then click Add button to add the xls files that you want to convert, you can add the workbooks from your computor disk or OneDrive as you need;

How do I convert a file to XLSX?

4. After inserting the xls files, still in the File Format Converter dialog box, please click

How do I convert a file to XLSX?
button to choose one folder path to output the converted files, and then specify some operations you need at the bottom of the dialog box, see screenshot:

How do I convert a file to XLSX?

Notes: In the above dialog box:

  • If the workbooks in the subfolders needed to be converted as well, please check the Include subfolders when adding folders check box;
  • If you want to remove the original files after converting, please check the Delete source files after conversion box;
  • If you want to keep the modified date of original files, please check the Keep modified date of original files box;
  • The directory structure of the file can be retained by checking the The directory structure of the file is preserved when converted box;

5. Then click OK to start converting, after finishing the conversion, you can go to the specific folder to preview the converted result. See screenshots:


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How do I convert a file to XLSX?

Is XLSX the same as Excel?

XLSX is a zipped, XML-based file format. Microsoft Excel 2007 and later uses XLSX as the default file format when creating a new spreadsheet. Support for loading and saving legacy XLS files is also included. XLS is the default format used with Office 97-2003.

How do I convert a file to an Excel spreadsheet?

Browse to a folder on your computer where you would like to save the file. Next to File Name, type the name of the file as you would like to save it. Click the Save As drop down. Click Excel Workbook.

How do I convert a text file to XLSX?

Open the Excel spreadsheet where you want to save the data and click the Data tab. In the Get External Data group, click From Text. Select the TXT or CSV file you want to convert and click Import.

How do I convert a PDF to XLSX?

Open a PDF file in Acrobat. Click on the “Export PDF” tool in the right pane. Choose “spreadsheet” as your export format, and then select “Microsoft Excel Workbook.” Click “Export.” If your PDF documents contain scanned text, Acrobat will run text recognition automatically.