Open Report in External Application

You can open reports in another application if the report has the Save to PDF File option enabled.

Via Print Preview

Click the Save icon on the print preview form's toolbar to access the print options. Select an option to generate an Excel spreadsheet, a PDF file, or a text file. The file displays in the application associated with its file type or, if an application isn't installed, downloads to your workstation.

Open as Excel XML

You can:

Export as Data - Removes the column, row, and cell formatting.
Suppress Page Header/Footer - Removes the page headers and footers.
Suppress Total Section - Removes the report totals section.
Suppress Sections Headers and Footers - Removes section headers and footer.
Display Grid Lines, Row column Headers - Displays those elements.

Via report printer selection list

Click Save to Excel XML file in the Output report to/Printer section in the report parameters before printing the report.