Standard File Formats
Text, spreadsheets, images, scientific data, audio and video, XML documents
Standard file format functions read data from popular file formats, such as Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheets, text, images, audio and video, and scientific data formats. For details, see Supported File Formats for Import and Export.
You can read many of these formats by selecting Import Data on the Home tab.
Frequently Viewed Topics
- Text Files
Delimited and formatted text files
- Spreadsheets
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
- Images
JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and other formats
- Scientific Data
NetCDF, HDF, FITS, and CDF formats
- Audio and Video
Read and write video and audio files; Record and play audio
- Structured Data and XML Documents
Work with structured data and Extensible Markup Language documents