Category: Document Formats

Description:
Template file created by Microsoft Excel, a program used for creating spreadsheets; contains default settings and layout information used to create a .XLSX file; may be used to create multiple spreadsheets with common formatting and properties.XLTX files are stored based on the Open XML file format that was introduced with Microsoft Office 2007. They can be opened by Excel 2007 or later, or by previous versions of Excel with Open XML component support.

Technical Details:
The XLTX file type is primarily associated with 'Excel' by Microsoft Corporation.This is the new format for Microsoft Office documents.It is a combination of XML architecture and ZIP compression for size reduction.Microsoft promises the format will be open (published for anyone to use) and prior versions of Office, using components provided by Microsoft for Office 2000, XP, and 2003 will be available to perform document conversion. Remember that these are promises by Microsoft. We have yet to see the actuals. This format is not the same as the OpenDocument standard, also an XML-based standard being developed as a true open standard (see the OpenDocument Fellowship for more information).

Supported applications:
Microsoft Excel 2010, Microsoft Excel 2011

Developed by: Microsoft Corporation

MIME type : application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template