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Convert XLS to TXT in Python Excel Library

High-speed Python excel library for converting XLS to TXT. Use our excel conversion API to develop high-level, platform independent software in Python.

Convert XLS to TXT in Python Excel Library

How do I convert XLS to TXT? With Aspose.Cells for Python via NET library, you can easily convert XLS to TXT programmatically with a few lines of code. Aspose.Cells for Python via NET is capable of building cross-platform applications with the ability to generate, modify, convert, render and print all Excel files. Python Excel API not only convert between spreadsheet formats, it can also render Excel files as images, PDF, HTML, ODS, CSV, SVG, JSON, WORD, PPT and more, thus making it a perfect choice to exchange documents in industry-standard formats.

Save XLS to TXT in Python Excel Library

The following example demonstrates how to convert XLS to TXT in Python excel library.

Follow the easy steps to convert XLS to TXT. Upload your XLS file, then simply save it as TXT file. For both XLS reading and TXT writing you can use fully qualified filenames. The output TXT content and formatting will be identical to the original XLS document.

Sample Code to Convert XLS to TXT via Python Excel Library
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  import  aspose.cells 
  from aspose.cells import Workbook
  workbook = Workbook("Input.xlsx")
  workbook.save("Output.pdf")
	 
                
            

How to Convert XLS to TXT

Need to convert XLS files to TXT programmatically? Python developers can easily load & convert XLS to TXT in just a few lines of code.

  1. Install ‘Aspose.Cells for Python via .NET’.
  2. Add a library reference (import the library) to your Python project.
  3. Load XLS file with an instance of Workbook.
  4. Convert XLS to TXT by calling Workbook.save method.
  5. Get the conversion result of XLS to TXT.

Python Excel Library to Convert XLS to TXT

We host our Python packages in PyPi repositories.

Install Aspose.Cells for Python from pypi, use command as: $ pip install aspose-cells-python.

And you can also follow the step-by-step instructions on how to install “Aspose.Cells for Python via .NET” to your developer environment.

System Requirements

Aspose.Cells for Python via NET is platform-independent API and can be used on any platform (Windows, Linux), just make sure that system have Python 3.7 or higher.

XLS What is XLS File Format?

Files with XLS extension represent Excel Binary File Format. Such files can be created by Microsoft Excel as well as other similar spreadsheet programs such as OpenOffice Calc or Apple Numbers. File saved by Excel is known as Workbook where each workbook can have one or more worksheets. Data is stored and displayed to users in table format in worksheet and can span numeric values, text data, formulas, external data connections, images, and charts. Applications like Microsoft Excel lets you export workbook data to several different formats including PDF, CSV, XLSX, TXT, HTML, XPS, and several others. The XLS file format was replaced with a more open and structured format, XLSX, with the release of Microsoft Excel 2007. The latest versions still provide support for creating and reading XLS files, though XLSX is the first choice of use now.

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TXT What is TXT File Format?

A file with .TXT extension represents a text document that contains plain text in the form of lines. Paragraphs in a text document are recognized by carriage returns and are used for better arrangement of file contents. A standard text document can be opened in any text editor or word processing application on different operating systems. All the text contained in such a file is in human-readable format and represented by sequence of characters.

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Other Supported Conversions

You can also convert XLS to many other file formats including few listed below.

XLS TO BMP (Bitmap Image)
XLS TO EMF (Enhanced Metafile Format)
XLS TO GIF (Graphical Interchange Format)
XLS TO HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)
XLS TO MD (Markdown Language)
XLS TO MHTML (Web Page Archive Format)
XLS TO ODS (OpenDocument Spreadsheet File)
XLS TO PDF (Portable Document Format)
XLS TO PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
XLS TO SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
XLS TO TIFF (Tagged Image Format)
XLS TO TSV (Tab-Separated Values)
XLS TO TXT (Text Document)
XLS TO XLSB (Binary Excel Workbook File)
XLS TO XLSM (Spreadsheet File)
XLS TO XLSX (OOXML Excel File)
XLS TO XLT (Microsoft Excel Template)
XLS TO XLTM (Excel Macro-enabled Template)
XLS TO XLTX (Office OpenXML Excel Template)
XLS TO XML (Extensible Markup Language)
XLS TO XPS (XML Paper Specifications)
XLS TO JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)