.XLSB

📌 An .XLSB file specification is oriented onto spreadsheet workbooks designed, opened up and modified by Microsoft Excel, a software initiative designated for the creation and adjustment of the spreadsheets. In common, the .XLSB entity is composed of one or more spreadsheets with cells combined and organized into a grid of columns and rows, and may embed custom formatting, graphs and charts. Generally, .XLSB file records are stored in a binary basement and constitution. Precisely, .XLSB file instances typically differ from ordinary Open XML-based (.XLSX) tabular documents as long as they store the grid data by utilizing a binary representation (BIFF12). Besides, .XLSB entries are not encrypted and archived, which makes them sustainably larger in comparison with .XLSX spreadsheets. Nevertheless, .XLSB file resources are more efficient and productive, as long as they are stored, processed and handled in the larger binary shape.

How to open an .XLSB file?

📌 .XLSB file entries can be smoothly and flexibly opened up, tracked and modified by Microsoft Excel spreadsheet editor, integrated into the Office bundle from the same development company. If you do not desire to preinstall the desktop local distributive on your hard disk, you are offered a way to apply cloud Excel 365 web-service, accessible from any mobile or portable device in your possession. Besides, the .XLSB spreadsheet files can be monitored and tracked by OpenOffice Calc open-source toolkit, which fits as a worthy alternative to the proprietary Excel project. It should be miscellaneously mentioned, that Excel 365 is not consistent with Linux infrastructures and workstations, so make sure that your PC node relies on Windows or macOS shell. The following .XLSB extension type has acquired multi-platform compatibility with all actual Excel and OpenOffice Calc revisions.