Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WKQ file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert WKQ to another file type
To convert your WKQ file to another format, you need Quattro Pro or other Spreadsheet software.
Convert a file to WKQ
To convert other file formats to the "DOS Legacy Spreadsheet" file type, you need software like Quattro Pro or a similar tool.
About WKQ files
A .wkq file is a legacy spreadsheet created by Borland Quattro Pro, specifically for DOS-based systems in the early 1990s. These files store tabular data, formulas, and basic formatting from the era before Windows became the dominant standard. Users typically encounter these files when recovering archived data from old floppy disks or legacy backups. The primary challenge is that modern spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel has deprecated support for DOS-era binary formats to improve security and code efficiency, often resulting in "File format not valid" errors. While Corel Quattro Pro (part of the WordPerfect Office suite) theoretically maintains lineage support, purchasing a full suite for a single file is impractical. The most effective solution is converting .wkq files to XLSX for modern editing, CSV for raw data processing, or PDF for long-term digital archiving.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WKQ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert WKQ file to XLS, XLSX, XLSM, XLSB, ODS, CSV, TSV, TAB, DIF, SLK, WK1 or WK3, you can use Quattro Pro or similar software from the "Legacy Spreadsheet Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert WQ1, XLSM, NOTES, QPW, WK3, WB2, WKS, XLSB, 123, XLS, WB1 or XLSX files to WKQ, try Quattro Pro or another comparable tool in the "Legacy Spreadsheet Data" category.
The WKQ 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 WKQ converter.