Spreadsheets created in Apple Numbers can be wondrous things, but opening them in Excel on a Windows PC is something of a headache. It can be done, though, with a little help from iCloud.

Numbers has the ability to open Excel files so you can work on them. You can also export spreadsheets in Numbers so that they are compatible with Excel.

By design, Apple uses its own Numbers (.numbers) file format, while Excel uses the XLSX file format, or for earlier spreadsheets, the XLS format. You can open XLSX files in Numbers, but you can ...

You can easily convert your Numbers workbook to an Excel file by exporting it in just a few steps. Step 1: Open your workbook in Numbers and select File from the menu bar.