Sheets Preview

Offline spreadsheet preview. Open binary XLS (Microsoft Excel 95/97), XLSX, ODS OpenOffice files directly with this JavaScript app.

Sheets Preview: Offline Spreadsheet Preview & Basic Editing Tool

"Sheets Preview" is a Chrome extension that provides offline spreadsheet preview and basic editing capabilities. The extension supports binary files such as XLS (Microsoft Excel 95/97), XLSX, and ODS (OpenOffice), leveraging JavaScript for these functionalities. It allows users to perform copy and paste tasks to Google Sheets / Docs or desktop software. The extension uses open-source components Handsontable and SheetJS for its operations.
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Extension stats

Users: 10,000+
Rating: 1.49
(49)
Version: 0.2 (Last updated: 2015-12-27)
Creation date: 2015-12-27
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • clipboardRead
  • clipboardWrite
  • {"fileSystem":["write"]}
Size: 468.99K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Offline spreadsheet preview. Open binary files like XLS (Microsoft Excel 95/97), XLSX, ODS (OpenOffice) directly with this JavaScript app. Allows basic editing and copy&paste to Google Sheets / Docs or a desktop software.

Powered by open-source components Handsontable (http://handsontable.com/) & SheetJS / js-xlsx (http://www.sheetjs.com/).

Supported formats: Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 BIFF5/CDF V2 Document, Excel 97-2004 BIFF8, Excel 2003-2004 XML Format (XML SpreadsheetML), Excel 2007+ Binary Format (XLSB), Excel 2007+ XML Formats (XLSX/XLSM) and OpenDocument Spreadsheet (ODS).

This is open-source project. Source code on GitHub: https://github.com/klokantech/sheets-preview

(C) Copyright 2016 Klokan Technologies GmbH (copyright must be preserved in forks)

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
    Cons
    • Does not work on Chromebook
    • Does not open ODS files
    • Non-functional; many users report it does nothing
    • Wasted time downloading it
    • Perceived as a scam or potentially harmful
    Most mentioned
    • Does not work
    • Won't open documents
    • Does nothing or is non-functional
    User reviews
    操作しても何も反応しない。 最終更新日を見るべきだった。
    by Yasunori Sato, 2021-02-04

    does not work on chromebook

    Why do you push this? It is useless!
    by Dennis Patten, 2020-03-31
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    Extension safety

    Risk impact

    Sheets Preview requires very minimum permissions.

    Risk likelihood

    Sheets Preview has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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