How to open XML files in Excel?

31Jul

Using XML file on Excel, and working further on it is quite simple. We are going to use Microsoft Excel to use XML, but first you need an XML file.

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Xml file

This would look like this, in assumption that you use Notepad to create it:

xml file

Save this file in an xml format.

Open Microsoft Excel, and press Open on top.

ribbon open

Browse to the XML file, and click on the arrow under or side of “file name”.

choose xml

Choose the XML file.

xmlfile

Click on the open as XML table.

open xml as table

Follow the steps in the wizard to import the data into an Excel worksheet.

warning ok

Click on the last cell in the table, and press TAB on your keyboard.

last cell press tab

Keep filling the XML table with details.

fill table

If the XML file contains properly formatted data, Excel will open the file and display the data in the worksheet without using the XML Import Wizard.

If the XML data is not properly formatted, you may need to use an XML editor to modify the data before importing it into Excel.