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GroupDocs.Parser provides comprehensive functionality to extract tables from Excel C# applications and extract data from Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets. Both classic (xls, xlt) and Open XML (xlsx, xltx) formats are supported. Also LibreOffice Calc (OpenOffice.org Calc) formats, CSV and Apple iWork Numbers are supported.
You can extract:
- Text content from entire spreadsheets or individual sheets
- Tables with preserved structure and formatting
- Metadata such as author, creation date, and document properties
- Images embedded in Excel files
For detailed table extraction examples, see the Extract Tables from Document guide.
The following table provides the list of supported formats:
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| XLS | Microsoft Office Excel Spreadsheet |
| XLT | Microsoft Office Excel Template |
| XLSX | Microsoft Office Excel Open XML Spreadsheet |
| XLSM | Microsoft Office Excel Open XML Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet |
| XLSB | Microsoft Office Excel Open XML Binary Spreadsheet |
| XLTX | Microsoft Office Excel Open XML Spreadsheet Template |
| XLTM | Microsoft Office Excel Open XML Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet Template |
| ODS | Open Document Spreadsheet |
| OTS | Open Document Spreadsheet Template |
| CSV | Comma Separated Values |
| XLA | Microsoft Office Excel Add-In File |
| XLAM | Microsoft Office Excel Open XML Macro-Enabled Add-In |
| NUMBERS | Apple iWork Numbers |
You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:
Along with full featured .NET library we provide simple, but powerful free Apps.
You are welcome to parse documents and extract data from PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, Emails and more with our free online Free Online Document Parser App.
The following examples demonstrate how to extract data from Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets:
- Extract text from Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets
- Extract Metadata from Excel Spreadsheets in C# .NET
- Extract images from Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets
- Search text in Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets
- Extract cells from Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets
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