Opening an SPO File

The SPO file type is primarily associated with SPSS.

SPO	File extension: SPO
	File type:	statistical data output file

What is an SPO file?

SPO files mostly belong to SPSS by IBM. SPO stands for SPSS Statistical Data Output File. SPO files are associated with the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) application developed by IBM.

Main Use: IBM SPSS is a statistical and surveying application that features advanced computation, machine learning, open-source extensibility, and, big data integration. SPSS uses SPO files to store information within separate pages that consist of different types of information such as tables, graphs. It is possible to print the entire SPO file or select certain pages only from the file as well. SPO file format has been replaced by the SPV file format in the later versions of SPSS software. SPSS (version 16.0 onwards) cannot directly open SPO files anymore. An additional tool called the Legacy Viewer (also known as SPSS SmartViewer) needs to be additionally installed in the latest SPSS software versions to view and edit SPO files
Other Uses: SPO files are also used by the video game Spore. Spore, developed by EA, is a Windows-compatible strategic life simulation video game where the players can evolve in-game creatures through multiple life stages. Spore uses SPO files to store game state information such as the creature's evolution level in its local environment.

How to open an SPO file

You need a suitable software like SPSS to open an SPO file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your SPO file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a SPO file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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Programs that open and convert SPO files:

SPSS by IBM
See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application. SPO files are often referred to as SPSS data files because this type of file is primarily created or used by this software.
Spore (saved game data file) by Electronic Arts
Spore is a life simulation real-time strategy game where the player creates and evolves his own creatures. It was designed for Windows and OS X platforms by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. SPO file contains a saved game position. This file format is classified as Data. Related links: Spore Creature Creator Tutorial, Spore Help, Spore on Wikipedia

SPO file format:

To find out what program is needed to open SPO files, you need to determine the file format. The first characters in a file identify the file format, for example, HTML files start with the bytes <html>. Nonetheless, different programs can utilize the same file extension to represent distinct file formats. Double-clicking on the file often results in an error when opening. Knowledge is power - this also applies when dealing with unknown or faulty files. Below is our analysis of the SPO files:

Files with the SPO extension are quite widely used. This file type is primarily used by a single program. The two most popular formats are as follows:

85% of all SPO files are based on the Microsoft Compound File format, which is also called Compound File Binary File format (CFBF or CFB) or OLE2 Compound Document format. Compound document files work similarly to real file systems. They contain a number of independent data streams (like files in a file system) which are organized in a hierarchy of containers (like sub-directories in a file system). The first 8 bytes of the CFB format are D0CF11E0A1B11AE1 (which looks like "DOCFILE"). The internal app name of SPO files is Crystal Reports ActiveX Designer. The internal containers are called Contents and Embedding 1. SPO files are between 17 KB and 630 KB in size. The file type was used 20 years ago but is still in use today. An example of a file name is Output1.spo. Such SPO files store data about spss, resultados, data, analysis, group, factor, descriptions, variable and anova.
7% of all SPO files are associated with Spores saved game. The content consists of illegible binary data, which can only be read and interpreted by the associated programs. A typical file size is 220 KB. The files contain the following words: DBPF. The file name snapshot.spo is characteristic of these files.

All other SPO files (8%) have no uniform format. They are often associated with jalisco, global, time, clusteranalyse, correlations, correlation, descriptive, question, wilcoxon, cluster, regresi, results, soalan, square, genel, tests or alfa. Just click the "Choose your .spo file to analyze" button on this page to find out what your SPO file is.

Technical Data for SPO File Extension

File classification:

Data

Related files:

sp0, spv, sav, zip, sps, package, pld, sfo, db, jpg, exe, docx, fig, rar, lis

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and file extension information submitted by users.

ProgramID: SPSS.OutputDoc, FileType: SPSS Viewer Document, AppName: SPSS Manager
EXEFile: SPSSWIN.EXE

ProgramID: SPSS.OutputDoc
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\CURRIC~1\SPSS\spsswin.exe /dde

ProgramID: SPSS.OutputDoc
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\SPSS\SPSSWIN.EXE /dde

ProgramID: SPSS.OutputDoc
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\spsseval\spsswin.exe /dde

ProgramID: SPSS.OutputDoc
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\SPSSST~1\spsswin.exe

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an spo statistical data output file is a special file format by IBM and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.

How to solve problems with SPO files

Associate the SPO file extension with the correct application.
Update your software that should actually open statistical data output files. Because only the current version supports the latest SPO file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the IBM manufacturer website after an available SPSS update.
To make sure that your SPO file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
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