Open Old Files

Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS and Windows

Open a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet

Old accounts, rotas and price lists from the days of Lotus 1-2-3. Drop the file to see every sheet, and keep it as a spreadsheet you can still open.

  • Nothing is uploaded: files are opened on your computer
  • Free to view, print and save as PDF or CSV
  • Works on Mac, Windows, iPad and Chromebook

Drop your old files here

One file, a whole folder, or a ZIP. They're opened on this computer and never uploaded.

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The converter downloads when you add your first file.

Why they're hard to open now

IBM stopped supporting Lotus 1-2-3 in 2014. Modern Excel opens few Lotus files, and Numbers and Google Sheets open none.

What this page does

It reads the file with libwps (the reader LibreOffice uses for Lotus files) and shows each sheet as a table, with numbers in the formats the spreadsheet used. Formula cells show their last worked-out value; point at one to see the formula.

Save a sheet as CSV for free. The unlock saves the whole file as one Excel workbook, and converts folders of files at once.

Which files

.wk1 (1-2-3 release 2 for DOS), .wk3 (release 3), .wk4 (1-2-3 for Windows release 4 and 5) and .123 (Lotus 1-2-3 97 and Millennium).

Questions about this

Are macros kept?

No. Lotus macros were stored as text in cells, so you'll see them, but they won't run in Excel.

Charts?

Charts aren't drawn; the numbers behind them are all there.

Free to open. £6 once for the rest.

Opening, reading, printing, PDFs of documents and drawings, and CSVs of spreadsheets are free, one file at a time, for as long as the site runs.

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  • Word files (.docx) of documents, with formatting and pictures
  • Excel files (.xlsx) of spreadsheets and databases, every sheet
  • Whole folders or ZIPs converted into one ZIP

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