Convert Spreadsheets or audio files (SLK) online for free
The converter easily converts your SLK files to various formats - free and online. No Microsoft Excel or or other Spreadsheet software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Data Exchange Format" formats to SLK without using software like Microsoft Excel or a similar tool.
A .SLK (SYLK - Symbolic Link) file is a text-based spreadsheet format developed by Microsoft in the 1980s. It exchanges data between different spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel and legacy systems like Multiplan. It stores cell data, formatting, and mathematical formulas using a proprietary syntax of display codes. Alternatively, .SLK extensions are used for SILK Audio files created by Skype to compress voice calls, or as data tables in Blizzard Entertainment games like StarCraft II.
Working with .SLK files today is highly frustrating. The SYLK spreadsheet format is obsolete, relies on a complex internal markup that breaks in modern text editors, and lacks support for modern data visualization, multiple sheets, or encryption. Opening these files usually triggers security warnings in Excel because malicious actors previously used them to bypass macro security. SILK audio files are equally problematic; they are completely unplayable in standard media players like VLC or Windows Media Player.
To make this data usable, conversion is mandatory. For spreadsheet data, convert to XLSX for full Excel features, or CSV for universal database import. For Skype audio, convert to MP3 or WAV for playback on any device. Drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser using convert.guru.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your SLK file.
Users also converted SILK, XLS, XLSX, SKL, SLX, SYNCED, PDF, STP, TXT, ZIP, TSV, CSV and XLA files.
If you want to convert SLK file to JSON, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF or DAT, you can use Microsoft Excel or similar software from the "Spreadsheet Data Exchange" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, SQLITE, SQL, ACCDB, YAML, MDB or JSON files to SLK, try Microsoft Excel or another comparable tool in the "Spreadsheet Data Exchange" category.
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 SLK converter.