Export to other file formats in Numbers on Mac. To save a copy of a Numbers spreadsheet in another format, you export it in the new format. This is useful when you need to open it with another application or send the spreadsheet to people who use different software. This article will show you how to convert a Numbers document to an Excel spreadsheet file using an iPad or iPhone, the end result will be an Excel file in XLS / XLSX file format. Note this is specifically for iPhone and iPad, but if you’re on a desktop or laptop then you can learn how to convert a Numbers file to Excel spreadsheet on Mac too.
Name | NUMBERS | XLSX |
Full name | NUMBERS - Apple Numbers file | XLSX - Office Open XML Document |
File extension | .numbers | .xlsx, .xlsm |
MIME type | application/x-iwork-numbers-sffnumbers | application/vnd.-openxmlformats-officedocument.-spreadsheetml.-sheet |
Developed by | Apple Inc. | Microsoft |
Type of format | Spreadsheet format | Spreadsheet |
Description | iWork is an office suite of applications created by Apple Inc. for its macOS and iOS operating systems, and also available cross-platform through the iCloud website. Numbers is a part of the iWork productivity suite alongside Keynote and Pages. Numbers is available for iOS, and Mac OS X v10.12 or newer. | The Office Open XML file formats are a set of file formats that can be used to represent electronic office documents. There are formats for word processing documents, spreadsheets and presentations as well as specific formats for material such as mathematical formulae, graphics, bibliographies etc. |
Technical details | Numbers uses a free-form 'canvas' approach that demotes tables to one of many different media types placed on a page. Other media, like charts, graphics and text, are treated as peers. In comparison, traditional spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel use the table as the primary container, with other media placed within the table. | Office Open XML documents are stored in Open Packaging Convention (OPC) packages, which are ZIP files containing XML and other data files, along with a specification of the relationships between them. Depending on the type of the document, the packages have different internal directory structures and names. |
File conversion | NUMBERS conversion | XLSX conversion |
Associated programs | Apple Numbers | Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Kingsoft Office, Google Docs. |
Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_(spreadsheet) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML_file_formats |
Stores data in binary format. Takes less time to save, and helps keep sensitive data more secure. Preserves VBA macro code and Excel 4.0 macro sheets. Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (.xlsm) The XML-based workbook format for Excel 2016 for Mac, Excel for Mac 2011, and Excel for Windows that preserves VBA macro code and Excel 4.0 macro sheets. NUMBERS, Numbers Spreadsheet File (.numbers) Files with the NUMBERS extension are created in the Apple Mac program of the same name. The program is part of the Mac OS X and the iWork suite. It allows users to create elaborate spreadsheets, tables, and calculations. The data inside the NUMBERS file is organized using columns and rows. Next, open COPY in Excel. Use File Save As and choose Microsoft Excel Workbook (.xlsx) as the file format. You'll get a warning that macros are not supported, and that's what we want - we want to clean out all macros from COPY.xlsx and then close this file. Next, open COPY (the one that has the macros). Go to the Visual Basic Editor.