A new tool in ArcGIS 10.2 has been introduced to export a table to an Excel file.

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At ArcGIS 10.2 for Desktop a new tool called Table To Excel (Conversion) was introduced to export a table to an Excel file.

Summary

Converts a table to a Microsoft Excel file.

Usage

• Table To Excel is able to convert only to Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook (.xls) format.