What Is an XLTX File?
A file with the XLTX file extension is an Excel Open XML spreadsheet template file. This Microsoft Excel format is used to build multiple XLSX files that contain the same layouts, formatting, and settings. The XLTX format replaced the older XLT template format from Office 2007 and earlier (which creates similar XLS files). It incorporates XML and ZIP to reduce the file size.
How to Open an XLTX File
XLTX files are normally only used with Excel. You can open XLTX files in Excel versions older than 2007 if you install the free Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. The following free software can open the XLTX format as well; they just can’t save the file back to XLTX (it has to be saved as something else like XLSX or XLT): WPS Office Spreadsheet, OpenOffice Calc, LibreOffice Calc, and SoftMaker FreeOffice PlanMaker. You can also open the file with a file decompression tool, since XLTX files are actually archives. However, it’s hardly a useful way to view the file’s contents, since it doesn’t display the document like it would when opened in Excel. If you do want to go this route, 7-Zip and PeaZip are two file decompression tools that could be used to open the XLTX file as an archive.
How to Convert an XLTX File
The quickest way to convert an XLTX file to XLSX or XLS is to use one of the XLTX viewers/editors from above, like Excel, which supports converting to both formats. The other applications listed above may only support one or the other. Another easy way to convert an XLTX file is to use FileZigZag. It’s an online file converter that can save an XLTX file to XLS, CSV, ODS, OTS, PDF, TXT, and several other formats.
Still Can’t Open It?
If your file doesn’t open or convert using the suggestions from above, then there’s a high probability that it doesn’t really end with the XLTX file extension. For example, XTL files appear to be related in some way to XLTX files because their file extension closely resembles that of the spreadsheet file format. However, XTL files are actually data files used by the Vietcong video game. LTX is a similar one where the file extension looks a lot like XLTX, but its format is not related in any way. LTX files might be S.T.A.L.K.E.R. properties files or LaTeX documents. If it’s not clear already, the whole reason you should be fully aware of the file extension is to make sure that you’re using the appropriate program to open it. If you’re not dealing with an XLTX file, then research the true file extension that your file has so that you can find out which programs can open or convert it.
