Importing a Spreadsheet from Excel

Google Spreadsheets lets you import XLS- and CSV-format spreadsheet files created with Microsoft Excel. You can then work with these Excel spreadsheets from within Google Spreadsheets.

Note

XLS is the standard Excel worksheet format. A CSV (comma-separated values) file is a spreadsheet file in text format, with fields separated by commas.

To import an Excel file, follow these steps:

1.	Click the Open link or select File, Open.
2.	When the Open a Spreadsheet dialog box appears, click the Browse button.
3.	When the Choose File dialog box appears, navigate to and select the XLS or CSV file you want to import, then click the Open button.
4.	When the Open a Spreadsheet dialog box displays the message, "File imported successfully," click the Open Now link.

Google now displays the selected spreadsheet in a new browser window. You can now edit the spreadsheet as you like; Google automatically saves a copy of the file on its servers, for your future use.