.XLK

📌 An .XLK file arrangement stands out as a backup object item composed, opened, and operated by Microsoft Excel, a common spreadsheet toolkit. Therefore, the .XLK schema comprises a backup duplicate of a file saved in Excel, such as an .XLS or .XLSX spreadsheet, that is suitable for recovering .XLK packaged data in the event that a file document encompassed by Excel is corrupted or lost.

Microsoft Excel is a widely-applied spreadsheet suite that is distributed as an integral component of the Microsoft Office bundle. Therefore, it offers a huge arsenal of tools for visualizing, manipulating, and organizing data in a flexible, well-readable and comprehensible form.

When operating with spreadsheets holding a lot of diverse digital content it would be a perfect idea to create .XLK backups of your data. While Excel offers the AutoRecover feature taking into account the situation when the app crashes or fails, it is crucial to maintain .XLK backups of your recent work in case you are no longer capable of opening the original file node or you require to archive the relevant information into .XLK representation.

The .XLK extension backup of your file is constructed and established automatically when you manage to save a file in the program suite with the “Always create backup” parameter tweak enabled. In order to activate and deactivate this .XLK related setting in Excel:

1. Pick Tools -> General Options… in the Save As dialog box when attempting to save a resulting file
2. Mark the “Always create backup” checkbox to create the outcome .XLK backup entity or unmark it to cease Excel from creating an .XLK backup branch node automatically.
3. Click the OK button, specify your eventual save location for the respective file, and click on Save button to accomplish the overall target.

By the way, Excel creates the .XLK entry in the identical location as the location of the proper file you are attempting to save. Nevertheless, the .XLK file make-up won’t be constructed and built until you succeed to save the original .XLSX or .XLS file structure and it is always one save behind the original file arrangement.

How to open an .XLK file?

📌 The .XLK document instances can be surveyed, opened, and researched by Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice Calc program suites, adapted for all essential desktop architectures and infrastructures.