Click “Open.” Find and open the WK1 file in the folder tree. This will save the file into Excel format. Select the Excel option on top of your monitor. Select Open from the drop-down menu after clicking right on the QBW file you want to open. WKS” file if you do not have Works installed. WKS” file, you can also use the built in Notepad application to open and view a “. While it is beneficial to have Microsoft Works installed to open a “. WKS” file is a Microsoft Works file, containing plain or rich text from the Microsoft Works writing application. Click “Convert” to convert your WKS file.Select XLS as the the format you want to convert your WKS file to.Choose the WKS file that you want to convert.Advertisements How do I convert a WKS file to Excel?