Convert each sheet in an Excel file to a separate XML file

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

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Convert each sheet data in an Excel file to a separate XML file

Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

Select From “File” “Excel” To “Files” “XML”.

List selected sheets.

After converting, you can view output XML files.

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Value kind	in EXCEL	in XML
Int	`1234 (a real numeric cell)`	`<int>1234</int>`
Bigint	`9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)`	`<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>`
Decimal	`1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)`	`<decimal>1234.56</decimal>`
Float	`1.234E+10 (numeric cell)`	`<float>1.234e10</float>`
Text	`text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text`	`<char>text</char>`
Long text	`text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row`	`<text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <)`
Date	`a serial number plus a date cell format`	`<date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD)`
Datetime	`a serial number plus a date-time cell format`	`<datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime)`
Binary	`not representable as data`	`<blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary)`
Boolean	`TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)`	`<bool>true</bool>`
JSON	`a text cell; the quotes are part of the value`	`escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree`

Both EXCEL and XML are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.

Property	in EXCEL	in XML
identifiers	`Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value`	`Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ...`
dates	`Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo...`	`Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play)`
binary	`Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column`	`base64Binary / hexBinary inside text`
separator	`Cells, not delimiters`	`Tags, not delimiters`
encoding	`UTF-8 internally, declared in the package`	`Declared in the XML declaration`
typing	`Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error`	`None in the markup itself`
shape	`Multiple sheets, each a flat grid`	`Arbitrary tree`
ceiling	`1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w...`	`Whole document is usually parsed into memory`

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