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[MS-XLSX]: Excel (.Xlsx) Extensions to the Office Open XML Spreadsheetml File Format [MS-XLSX]: Excel (.xlsx) Extensions to the Office Open XML SpreadsheetML File Format Intellectual Property Rights Notice for Open Specifications Documentation . Technical Documentation. Microsoft publishes Open Specifications documentation (“this documentation”) for protocols, file formats, data portability, computer languages, and standards support. Additionally, overview documents cover inter-protocol relationships and interactions. Copyrights. This documentation is covered by Microsoft copyrights. 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