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# excel:workbook — Workbook

EXCEL:WORKBOOK creates or opens an existing Excel workbook.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| filename | string |  | Filename |
| title | string | (initial title) | Title |
| subject | string | (initial subject) | Subject |
| keywords | string | (initial keywords) | Keywords |
| format | type | (based on file) | File format |

#### Possible values
Possible values for `format`:
- csv — Comma-separated Values
- gnumeric — Gnome Gnumeric
- ods — Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF)
- slk — Microsoft Multiplan Symbolic Link Interchange
- xls — Microsoft Excel Binary File Format (BIFF)
- xlsx — Microsoft Office Open XML SpreadsheetML
- xml — Microsoft Excel 2003 SpreadsheetML


### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- (none documented)