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Summary
Name	Microsoft Excel Workspace File
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Other names
Identifiers	PUID: x-fmt/128
Family
Classification	Spreadsheet
Disclosure
Description	An XLW file is a workspace file created by Microsoft Excel. It contains the screen locations of one or more workbooks. XLW files are used to restore the layout when working simultaneously on multiple workbooks, and as such do not contain any actual spreadsheet data; their only function is to store the physical layout of workbook files. They were created when the user selected View> Save Workspace in earlier versions of Excel. Versions of Excel 2013 onwards don’t generate Workspace files, but you can MLlw files from Excel 2010 and before.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	Has lower priority than Microsoft Excel Workspace File (5/95)
Technical Environment
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Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	02 Aug 2005
Source description
Last updated	09 May 2023
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