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Numbers will not open excel download

First time Mac owner. I downloaded an excel file attachment from email to my imac. The filename of the download did not come thru as .xls.
It named the file " securedownload". Numbers will not open the file. How do I get Numbers to recognize the download as Excel?

imac, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Sep 22, 2007 2:06 AM

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Sep 22, 2007 9:22 AM in response to David Pearson

Hi David,
Thanks for your reply. I discovered the "more info" window and the file did not have a file extension. The box was unchecked so that was not the problem. I took a chance and renamed the file with .xls extension and Numbers opened it. Go figure. I thought this would solve my other problem of not being able to open and play music files my kid sends me to listen to. I changed the downloaded file extension to .mp3 but no go. I really like the Imac but it will take a while to adjust from PC.

Thanks again for your reply.
Scott

Numbers will not open excel download

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