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With over 1 billion end users, spreadsheets remain the most popular business application in the world. As of 2022, the majority of spreadsheet users still leverage Microsoft Excel. But Google Sheets, by enhancing spreadsheet collaboration, is increasingly stealing market share from Excel.
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With over 1 illion end uer, preadheet remain the mot popular uine
application in the orld. A of 2022, the majorit of preadheet uer till leverage
Microo몭 xcel. ut Google heet, enhancing preadheet collaoration, i
increaingl tealing market hare from xcel.
Neverthele, xcel remain dominant in man ector, particularl in legac
indutrie. A a reult, even team that ork excluivel in Google heet end up
encountering xcel preadheet.
ut that doen’t mean thee team have to ork out of xcel. Google heet can eail
ut that doen’t mean thee team have to ork out of xcel. Google heet can eail
convert xcel 몭le into Google preadheet. Thi allo them to remain in the
preadheet platform the prefer.
Here’ a teptep guide on the et a to convert xcel 몭le to Google
preadheet.
xcel to Google heet: upported File
Tpe
ince 2007, xcel’ default 몭le format ha een the .xlx 몭le. efore that, the default
몭le format a .xl. Google heet can convert oth .xl and .xlx 몭le into Google
preadheet.
Quick refreher: a .xl 몭le tore preadheet data in a ingle inar 몭le. ut a .xlx 몭le
i aed on the Open XML format, and tore data a eparate 몭le and folder in a
compreed ZIP package.
Google heet can alo convert other preadheet 몭le created xcel. Thee include:
.xlm
.cv
.xlt
.od
.tv
.ta
Ho to Convert xcel File to Google
heet
Google heet o몭er everal imple, uiltin a to convert xcel 몭le to Google
heet. You can upload xcel preadheet to Google Drive, add ne heet ith xcel
data, automate the converion proce, and more.
Here’ a complete alkthrough on ho to treamline the proce of converting xcel
몭le into Google preadheet.
Convert xcel File from Google Drive
You can upload an xcel 몭le directl to Google Drive, and then convert it into a Google
preadheet in a fe tep.
Firt, navigate to our Google Drive homepage. Click Ne > File Upload.
Then elect the xcel 몭le that ou ant to upload from our device.
Pre Open, and the xcel 몭le ill upload to Google Drive.
Click on the 몭le to open it in Google heet.
Thi ill allo ou to edit the .xlx 몭le uing the Google heet interface. Hoever, if
ou ant to convert the .xlx 몭le into a Google preadheet, ou mut explicitl ave
the 몭le a uch.
To do thi, click File > ave a Google heet.
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And, voila — the xcel 몭le i converted into a Google preadheet.
Automaticall Convert xcel File into Google preadheet
With the right etting, ou can kip thi lat tep altogether, o ou don’t have to
manuall ave the xcel 몭le a a Google preadheet. You can actuall automaticall
convert an upload to Google Drive into Google Doc (in thi cae, Google heet).
Here’ ho. Click on the Gear ha몭 on the Google Drive homepage. Then click
etting.
In the etting menu, navigate to General > Convert upload and check the ox. Thi
ill automaticall convert all of our uploaded 몭le to Google Doc editor format.
From no on, hen ou upload xcel 몭le, the ill automaticall convert into Google
preadheet a oon a ou open them.
Convert xcel File From Google
preadheet
You can alo convert xcel 몭le directl from Google heet. Thi allo ou to
upplement our Google preadheet data ith data from xcel.
Here’ ho to do it. Open a Google preadheet and click File > Import.
Chooe the xcel 몭le ou ant to import. You can pick 몭le ou’ve alread uploaded to
Google Drive, or ou can upload a ne 몭le.
Let’ upload a ne 몭le. Click on the Upload ta and elect an xcel 몭le from our
device.
Once the xcel 몭le i uploaded, ou can chooe ho to import the preadheet uing
the dropdon ox.
Here’ a ummar of each option:
Create ne preadheet – Convert the xcel preadheet into a ne Google
preadheet
Inert ne heet() – Inert the xcel preadheet a a eparate heet in the current
Google preadheet
Replace preadheet – ntirel replace the current preadheet ith the xcel
preadheet
Let’ pick Inert ne heet(). Chooe Import Theme to preerve the theme of the
xcel preadheet. No click Import data.
The xcel data i automaticall placed on a eparate heet ithin the current
preadheet.
Convert Google heet to xcel
Google heet alo make it ver ea to convert Google preadheet to xcel 몭le.
impl click File > Donload > Microo몭 xcel (.xlx).
Thi ill donload the current Google preadheet a an xcel 몭le. You can alo
donload the preadheet in 몭le format that are compatile ith xcel, uch a .cv
and .tv.
and .tv.
xcel to Google heet: What are the
Limitation?
In mot cae, converting an xcel 몭le to Google heet i eamle. The platform are
relativel interoperale for mot ue cae, and Google heet make importing xcel
몭le traightforard.
Hoever, in certain cenario, converting an xcel 몭le to Google heet i not ideal,
optimal or feaile. Here are ome limitation to atch out for:
preadheet ize – Google heet jut recentl increaed the maximum numer of
cell per preadheet to 10 million, till ell elo the illion of cell xcel
preadheet can handle. Hence, ou cannot upload xcel 몭le ith more than 10
million cell into Google heet.
VA – Google heet cannot ue Viual aic for Application (VA). VA macro in
xcel on’t ork in Google preadheet. heet ue Google App cript (GA) for
cripting.
Link to orkook – If our xcel 몭le ha link to other orkook, Google heet ill
not e ale to retrieve or edit them. heet can onl acce the xcel 몭le ou’ve
uploaded.
Advanced data modeling – Google heet cannot implement ome of the advanced
data modeling capailitie of xcel, including Poer Quer and Poer Pivot.
No let’ look at the revere — converting Google preadheet into xcel 몭le. In thi
cae, ou’re not jut loing the collaoration of Google heet. xcel alo doe not
upport everal function in Google heet, including:
ARRAYFORMULA
ARRAYFORMULA
CONCAT
CONTINU
COUNTUNIQU
DIVID
Q
FILTR
GOOGLFINANC
GT
GT
IMPORTDATA
IMPORTFD
IMPORTHTML
IMPORTRANG
IMPORTXML
JOIN
QURY
ORT
PARKLIN
PLIT
TO_TXT
UNARY_PRCNT
UNIQU
UPLU
If ou convert a Google preadheet to .xlx, and it contain one of thee function,
ou’ll likel have to rerite the formula in xcel to avoid reakage.
Convert xcel to Google heet: Work from
the preadheet Platform You Prefer
Google heet make it imple to convert xcel 몭le into Google preadheet. On the
몭ip ide, heet alo allo ou to eail donload Google preadheet a xcel 몭le.
Although incompatiilit eteen xcel and heet i poile, mot uer ill not run
into di몭cultie during the converion proce. Thi 몭exiilit allo ou to ork in
the preadheet platform ou prefer.
And ith Coe몭cient, ou can lend realtime data from our uine tem ith
xcel 몭le, CV, and and other ource in Google heet. Tr Coe몭cient for free no
to treamline data anali in Google heet.
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