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How can I determine which version of Excel was used to create a .xls file?

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Mar 15, 202645327 views
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Does anyone know of a way to determine which version of Excel was used to create a file? We have some .xls files and need to determine the version. They open fine in Excel 2007 and higher, but a co-worker wants to determine their exact original version. I've examined hex dumps to do similar forensi…

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Microsoft KB 178605: How To Determine the Version of a Microsoft Excel Workbook (snapshot) Microsoft Excel saves data using structured storage. In particular, it creates a data stream called "Workbook" (previously just "Book") where it saves the con…

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