Convert file for XLS to TXT format

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Published on 2009-12-08T07:28:18Z Indexed on 2010/12/25 10:55 UTC
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I renamed a .xls file to .txt file but the .txt file shows like this:

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How can I get the same data as in an .xls file?

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