The QPW file extensions labels a file that has been created by Quattro Pro. Quattro Pro is sold by Corel and was created by Borland. You can find this programmed bundled with the WordPerfect Office suite. If you have users that are using WordPerfect they can create QPW files if they are saving them as a spreadsheet file.
Quattro was originally shipped in 1989 and has been one of the most stable and successful spreadsheet programs ever made. Excel, and to a lesser degree Lotus 1-2-3 were its major competition. The original program was a DOS spreadsheet and by todays standards would be considered to be simplistic at best. However at the time the program was cutting edge and received rave reviews upon its release. As Windows grew in popularity Quattro was ported over to this environment as well. This is where the QPW file extension was born – Quattro Pro for Windows, or QPW.
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This program had two things that were major revolutions for spreadsheet programs. First it was the first Windows sheet with different pages and cells that could be linked together. Next it was the first Windows program to have a drop down attribute menu that appeared when right clicked. This has become standard in most Windows operations today. These early successes would not continue for long as eventually Novell ran into trouble and Quattro fell out of favor with the majority of Windows users. Most began to use Microsoft's own Excel product.
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More Info Regarding File Extension Qpw
Today you may run into the QPW file format in older antiquated Novell Netware systems as well as older Windows based platforms. Any of the Excel programs from the late nineties on are able to open and read the QPW format so if you have this program you should be able to read the spreadsheet files no problem. Most of the functionality that was in Quattro is easily portable over to Excel so all of the functions and formats of the QPW files should come over easily. You should be able to bring the files into Excel and then send them back out in XLS format without any issues. In additions you can combine multiple spreadsheets from Quattro files into a single workbook.
Going the other way can be a bit more problematic, but should not cause to much of an issue. If you have someone for whatever reason that wants to use Quattro you can simply take the Excel files and export them to QPW. There may be some functionality that is lost especially in some of the more complex pivot table databases for Excel. If they simply need to just write up balance sheets and the like this should not be a problem to set up for them.
Another program option outside of Excel is OpenOffice. This is a free program that can open just about any database and spreadsheet file. Included with it is a spreadsheet that can open and view QPW files. It can not however export them. The really great thing about OpenOffice is that it is an open source program you can download and start using for no cost. I use OpenOffice for most of my day to day spreadsheet and Word functions.
It is probably going to be rare that you are going to see a QPW file, but if you do all you need to know is that it is a spreadsheet. Most spreadsheet programs should be able to read the file no problem, but exporting back out to the QPW format may be a bit difficult. Primarily these files show up on early to mid 90s workstations and systems. If the computer is running Quattro Pro you probably will run into this file type. Just load up your spreadsheet program, probably Excel, and see if you can bring the file in. If you can not, go get a copy of OpenOffice and bring it in that way. For the most part there is nothing overly complicated with the QPW file format that would confuse any spreadsheet program too much. Antiquated and out of date yes, confusing no.
