Input file
DIF
- Full Name: Digital Interface Format
- Developer: Microsoft
Output file
STC
- Full Name: OpenOffice.org Calc Spreadsheet Template Format
- Developer: N/A
What is DIF file?
The .DIF (Data Interchange Format) file extension is a text-based file used for transferring data between different programs and databases. DIF files can be encoded in either ASCII or Unicode formats and they can also contain formatting options, certain software specific commands, and codes for various punctuation. It was first introduced in the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet application for storing and interchanging data.Data within a . [ ⏩ ] DIF file extension
What is STC file?
The STC file extension stands for OpenOffice.org Calc Template, belonging to the .OTS spreadsheet type format used by Apache OpenOffice, an open-source office suite produced by Apache Software Foundation. The STC template files are commonly used with the Calc spreadsheet program in OpenOffice, similar to the Microsoft Excel .XLT and .XLSM files. An STC file is generated for any OpenOffice Calc document when "Save as Template..." is selected from the File menu. [ ⏩ ] STC file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from DIF to STC?
To successfully convert the DIF file to STC, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.DIF). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case STC (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than STC).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. DIF to STC. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting DIF files to STC files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension STC, while before this step we had the DIF file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new STC file, or not.