What is DIF? DIF, short name for Data Interchange Format, is used as the file extension for spreadsheet files saved in Data Interchange Format. .DIF files are text files that can be opened by Windows Notepad or any text editor. See the sample .DIF file included below.

File Extension: .DIF

MIME Type: text/plain

File Content: Spreadsheet

.DIF files are spreadsheet files saved in Data Interchange Format. Here is a sample .DIF file containing some rows and columns:

TABLE
0,1
"EXCEL"
VECTORS
0,8
""
TUPLES
0,3
""
DATA
0,0
""
-1,0
BOT
1,0
"Welcome to File Extension FYI Center!"
1,0
""
1,0
""
-1,0
BOT
1,0
""
1,0
""
1,0
""
-1,0
BOT
1,0
"ID"
1,0
"Type"
1,0
"Description"
-1,0
BOT
0,1
V
1,0
"ASP"
1,0
"Active Server Pages"
-1,0
BOT
0,2
V
1,0
"JSP"
1,0
"JavaServer Pages"
-1,0
BOT
0,3
V
1,0
"PNG"
1,0
"Portable Network Graphics"
-1,0
BOT
0,4
V
1,0
"GIF"
1,0
"Graphics Interchange Format"
-1,0
BOT
0,5
V
1,0
"WMV"
1,0
"Windows Media Video"
-1,0
EOD

.DIF Data Interchange Format file sample: Click sample.dif to download.

.DIF Data Interchange Format files can be created and modified by these software:

• Microsoft Excel 2010 - Opens and creates .DIF Data Interchange Format files
• Apache OpenOffice - Opens and creates .DIF Data Interchange Format files