SYLK Converter

Convert Symbolic Link spreadsheets (SYLK) online for free


Drop or upload your .SYLK file
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How to convert your SYLK file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SYLK file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert SYLK to another file type

The converter easily converts your SYLK spreadsheets to various formats - free and online. No Microsoft Excel or or other Spreadsheet software needed.

  • SYLK to XLSX
  • SYLK to STC
  • SYLK to DOTX
  • SYLK to PXL
  • SYLK to FODT
  • SYLK to DOC
  • SYLK to XLC
  • SYLK to STW
  • SYLK to RTF
  • SYLK to TAB
  • SYLK to WPT
  • SYLK to FODG

Convert a file to SYLK

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Data Interchange Format" formats to SYLK without using software like Microsoft Excel or a similar tool.

  • STD to SYLK
  • FODG to SYLK
  • QXD to SYLK
  • WPS to SYLK
  • RTF to SYLK
  • PPTM to SYLK
  • TGA to SYLK
  • OTT to SYLK
  • PAGES to SYLK
  • SVM to SYLK
  • PXL to SYLK
  • FODT to SYLK

About SYLK files

The .sylk (Symbolic Link) file is an obsolete text-based spreadsheet format developed by Microsoft in the 1980s. Originally created to exchange data between different spreadsheet programs like Multiplan and early versions of Microsoft Excel, it stores cells, formulas, and basic formatting as plain text. Users urgently need to convert .sylk files because they are severely outdated and lack support for modern spreadsheet features like multiple sheets, charts, and VBA macros. Furthermore, because of past security vulnerabilities involving DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) attacks, modern Office applications will frequently block .sylk files and throw annoying security warnings. The best targets for conversion are modern formats like XLSX, CSV, or ODS. Converting to XLSX restores full functionality and security, while CSV is ideal if you only need the raw, unformatted tabular data. Be aware that any legacy proprietary formatting specific to the 1980s software might be lost. Since this is an archaic format with known security baggage, finding a secure way to open it without triggering desktop antivirus warnings is a real challenge. Just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, view the internal text data safely, and convert it when possible.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your SYLK file.

Users also converted SYK, DIF and DEX files.


FAQ

If you want to convert SYLK file to , you can use Microsoft Excel or similar software from the "Spreadsheet Data Interchange" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to SYLK, try Microsoft Excel or another comparable tool in the "Spreadsheet Data Interchange" category.



The SYLK Converter Story

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 SYLK converter.