Convert MWS files online for free
The converter easily converts your MWS file to various formats - free and online. No Excel or extra software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Data formats to MWS with high quality output.
MWS files are legacy worksheets generated by Maplesoft Maple, a comprehensive computer algebra system used widely in academia and engineering. These files contain a mix of mathematical notation, executable code, plots, and explanatory text.
A common issue with .MWS files is their obsolescence and proprietary nature. While modern versions of Maple can still read them, .MWS represents the "Classic Worksheet" format used prior to Maple 10 (c. 2005), which relies on a proprietary binary or older markup structure rather than the modern, open XML-based MW format. This means you cannot simply open them in a text editor to retrieve the data. Without a paid Maple license or the specific Maple Player, the mathematical models and visualizations inside are inaccessible. Furthermore, sharing these files with colleagues who do not have Maple installed is impossible without conversion.
For archival and sharing purposes, the best workflow is converting .MWS to PDF. This freezes the calculations and plots into a universally viewable document. For academic publishing, converting to LaTeX is the industry standard, allowing the math to be typeset professionally. To modernize the file for current use, it should be converted to the XML-based MW format.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your MWS file.
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The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MWS converter.