Can you open .XLSM file in Excel?

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What is an .XLSM file?
About File Viewer Plus
How to open XLSM files
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Symptoms or Error
Problem Cause
What program opens XLSM files?
Why can't I open XLSM files?
What type of workbook is .XLSM in Excel?
Can XLSM be saved as XLSX?

Do you need to open an XLSM file?

File Viewer Plus can open XLSM (Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet) files. It includes a professional-quality spreadsheet editor similar to Microsoft Excel, which supports cell formatting, charts, graphics, and mathematical functions. The application also enables you to convert your XLSM file to XLSX, XLS, and CSV files.

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What is an .XLSM file?

XLSM files are macro-enabled spreadsheets created by Microsoft Excel. A macro is a series of commands that a user can group together as a single button or keystroke command to automate a task. This is especially helpful for saving time with complex or repetitive functions, such as table insertion or data calculation. XLSM files may be used to store all sorts of data in spreadsheets, including quarterly financial reports, family budgets, or employee productivity.

XLSM files were introduced with the release of Microsoft Excel 2007 and have become useful, particularly in office environments, to save spreadsheets that involve complex calculations and repetitive functions. File Viewer Plus is a great alternative to Excel for opening, modifying, and converting XLSM files.

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How to open XLSM files

If you cannot open the XLSM file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable software that supports XLSM among those that are installed on your device.

A very simple way to solve this problem is to find and download the appropriate application. The first part of the task has already been done – the software supporting the XLSM file can be found in the table. Now just download and install the appropriate application.

Possible problems with the XLSM format files

The inability to open and operate the XLSM file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer. There may be other problems that also block our ability to operate the Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 Open XML Macro-enabled Workbook Format file. Below is a list of possible problems.

Corruption of a XLSM file which is being opened
Incorrect links to the XLSM file in registry entries.
Accidental deletion of the description of the XLSM from the Windows registry
Incomplete installation of an application that supports the XLSM format
The XLSM file which is being opened is infected with an undesirable malware.
The computer does not have enough hardware resources to cope with the opening of the XLSM file.
Drivers of equipment used by the computer to open a XLSM file are out of date.

If you are sure that all of these reasons do not exist in your case (or have already been eliminated), the XLSM file should operate with your programs without any problem. If the problem with the XLSM file has not been solved, it may be due to the fact that in this case there is also another rare problem with the XLSM file. In this case, the only you can do is to ask for assistance of a professional staff.

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Symptoms or Error

Unable to open macro enabled Excel (.xlsm) file and it consumes high resources of the VDA

Solution

Open Excel
Click on File -> Options - > Trust Center -> Trust Center Settings… -> Macro Settings -> Enable all macros.
Same can be configured using Group policy.

Problem Cause

By default Excel macro setting is not enabled to execute macros

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What program opens XLSM files?

An XLSM file is an Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook file. Open one with Excel or Google Sheets. Convert to XLSX, CSV, PDF, etc. with those same programs.

Why can't I open XLSM files?

May be your xlsm file is got corrupted and thus it is not opening. But don't worry you can repair it with the use of professional recommended software i.e MS Excel Repair Tool. This tool efficiently repair corrupt, damaged as well as errors in Excel file.