Strater imports and exports data to SYLK spreadsheet [.SLK] files.
Symbolic Link SYLK is a Microsoft file format typically used to exchange data between applications, specifically spreadsheets. SYLK files conventionally have a [.SLK] suffix. From within a spreadsheet data can be exported in the SYLK format. Composed of only displayable ANSI characters, it can be easily created and processed by other applications, such as databases.
Microsoft does not publish a SYLK specification. Variants of the format are supported by Multiplan, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Works, OpenOffice.org, and Gnumeric.
Note that even if a SYLK file is created by an application that supports Unicode (for example Microsoft Excel), the SYLK file will be encoded in the current system's ANSI code page, not in Unicode. If the application contained characters that were displayable in Unicode but have no codepoint in the current system's code page, they will be converted to question marks ('?') in the SYLK file.
No import options dialog is displayed.
.SLK files can be imported with the File | Open command or the File | Import command in a worksheet.
No export options dialog is displayed.
.SLK files can be saved from a worksheet using the File | Export Data | Worksheet command.
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