How to view the XML form of an Excel file?

XLSX files are just ZIP files, so unzip them using your favourite ZIP tool.


The following procedure worked for me:

  1. Change the extension of the file from .xlsx to .zip
  2. Unzip with winzip

You can do this easily using the tar command:

tar -xf pathtofile\excel_file.xlsx

This works on Windows 10 and Linux