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Jsummers: /* Other links */ Updating Forensics Wiki links

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Thorsted: Added Wikidata, PRONOM, and FDD identifier

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SwanQ: changed link to MS-XLSB to go to new Microsoft Docs URL

2019-11-19T20:49:55Z

changed link to MS-XLSB to go to new Microsoft Docs URL

Dan Tobias at 23:19, 24 April 2018

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Jsummers: /* Format information */

2016-09-23T16:31:18Z

‎Format information

Jsummers at 19:06, 24 August 2016

2016-08-24T19:06:39Z

Dan Tobias: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Document |extensions={{ext|xlsb}} }} '''XLSB''' (Excel Binary) is one of the formats that Excel spreadsheets can be saved under. It..."

2014-04-05T19:12:48Z

Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Document |extensions={{ext|xlsb}} }} '''XLSB''' (Excel Binary) is one of the formats that Excel spreadsheets can be saved under. It..."

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'''XLSB''' (Excel Binary) is one of the formats that Excel spreadsheets can be saved under. It was introduced at the same time as the more common [[XLSX]] format which replaced the older [[XLS]]. XLS was a pure binary format, while XLSX is [[XML]]-based and its files are actually [[ZIP]] archives containing a number of sub-files related to the spreadsheet. XLSB is similar, in that it is actually a ZIP file (even though the extension is not .zip), but the main files within the ZIP are binary files with a .bin extension. There are also some other files within the ZIP including images and even some XML files, but the main content is in the binary files.

== Format information ==
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313133%28v=office.12%29.aspx [MS-XLSB]: Excel (.xlsb) Binary File Format]
* [http://www.arstdesign.com/articles/office2007bin.html Office 2007 .bin file format]
* [http://www.arstdesign.com/BBS/BulletinBoard.php?qs_id=1355 Cracking the Office 2007 .bin file format]

== Sample files ==
* [http://www.spreadsheet1.com/2048-game-version-for-excel.html 2048 Game for Excel] is distributed in this format.

== Other links ==
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dmahugh/archive/2006/08/22/712835.aspx New binary format for spreadsheets]
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davbosch/archive/2006/08/29/730183.aspx Excel 2007 Binary File Format (.xlsb) as a timesaver]

[[Category:ZIP based file formats]]
[[Category:Microsoft]]

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 * [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davbosch/archive/2006/08/29/730183.aspx Excel 2007 Binary File Format (.xlsb) as a timesaver]
 * [http://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000512.shtml Library of Congress Sustainability of Digital Formats XLSB description]
-* [https://forensicswiki.xyz/wiki/index.php?title=Excel_Spreadsheet_(XLSB) ForensicsWiki entry] (minimal info)
+* [{{ForensicsWikiURL|excel_spreadsheet_%28xlsb%29}} ForensicsWiki entry] (minimal info)
 [[Category:ZIP based file formats]]
 [[Category:Microsoft]]

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 '''XLSB''' (Excel Binary) is one of the formats that [[Microsoft Excel|Excel]] spreadsheets can be saved under. It was introduced at the same time as the more common [[XLSX]] format which replaced the older [[XLS]]. XLS was a pure binary format, while XLSX is [[XML]]-based and its files are actually [[ZIP]] archives containing a number of sub-files related to the spreadsheet. XLSB is similar, in that it is actually a ZIP file (even though the extension is not .zip), but the main files within the ZIP are binary files with a .bin extension. There are also some other files within the ZIP including images and even some XML files, but the main content is in the binary files.
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 * [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dmahugh/archive/2006/08/22/712835.aspx New binary format for spreadsheets]
 * [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davbosch/archive/2006/08/29/730183.aspx Excel 2007 Binary File Format (.xlsb) as a timesaver]
 [[Category:ZIP based file formats]]
 [[Category:Microsoft]]

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 == Format information ==
-* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313133%28v=office.12%29.aspx <nowiki>[MS-XLSB]</nowiki>: Excel (.xlsb) Binary File Format]
+* [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_file_formats/ms-xlsb/acc8aa92-1f02-4167-99f5-84f9f676b95a?redirectedfrom=MSDN <nowiki>[MS-XLSB]</nowiki>: Excel (.xlsb) Binary File Format]
 * [http://www.arstdesign.com/articles/office2007bin.html Office 2007 .bin file format]
 * [http://www.arstdesign.com/BBS/BulletinBoard.php?qs_id=1355 Cracking the Office 2007 .bin file format]

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