HAPPY NEW YEAR ...WHEN I RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH AN ATTACHMENT THAT IS WORD OR EXCEL......I CAN NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT....I HAVE TO SAVE THE ATTACHMENT TO A FOLDER ..OPEN WORD AND THAN INSERT THE SAVED ATTACHMENT.........I ..WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN MY WORD/EXCEL ATTACHMENTS...... THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH.

If you click on the image there are three options View Online, Save to OneDrive or Download
To open with program installed on your computer select 'Download' when the other window opens .. select 'Open With' - Other.
From here you can select the appropriate program you wish to open it with.
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On any FixYa page, click your username in the upper right corner, click "My Profile," click the "My Account" tab, change the entry in the "Email Address" field, then click the "Save My Information" button.

Try to Restore Microsoft Excel to Its Default Spreadsheet ,
Open Microsoft Excel.
Navigate to the Help menu and open the "Detect and Repair" function. The Detect and Repair dialog will appear. If you want to restore your shortcuts at this time, check the appropriate icon
Click "Start." Wait for a short period while Office deletes all of the settings on all of the programs in the suite and restores it to its original installed state. This will apply the settings to Word, PowerPoint and Excel, and any other Office programs you have installed

Hi,

Can you tell me what is the exact file name with the extension ?

Regards,
Ron

Templemant.

I hope these instructions (taken from Outlook's Help) answers your question. Please let me know if there's anything else I can help with.

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--Sandy

Open an attachment from the Reading Pane

1. In the message list, select the message that has the attachment.
2. In the Reading Pane, double-click the attachment.

Note If you are given the choice between opening and saving the attachment, keep in mind that it is a good idea to save the file first and then scan it by using an antivirus program before you open it.
Open an attachment from the message list

1. In the message list, right-click the message that has the attachment.
2. On the shortcut menu, click View Attachments, and then click the name of the attachment.

Open an attachment from an open message

1. Open the message that has the attachment.
2. Double-click the attachment.

maybe you relocated the file itself, check first if the file you are opening is still in its original location on your hard drive, if not, manually open it by double clicking, do not open it inside microsoft excel.

I can unlock it if you email it to me.

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Two possible issues: The file extension may be missing from the file and Excel has issues opening a file directly from the e-mail attachment.

It is always a best practice to download the attachment before trying to open it.

Save the file to your comptuer and verify the file has a 3 digit extension on the end. .XLS an Excel 2003 and lower extension - .XLSX is Excel 2007 extension.

Opening an attachment from an e-mail places the file in a TEMP directory on the hard drive and Excel may have issues saving your changes because of this.

Save the attachment and then open it with Excel. That way, the changes you make will be saved, you will know where the file is and you will not lose your work.

Save the Excel document in My documents. Then open Windows Explorer and open excel file from there.

IS YOUR EXCEL 2003 OR 2007. I WILL TRY MS OFFICE 2007
BECAUSE VISTA SOMETIMES HAVE PROBLEM READING SOME PROGRAM IN MS OFFICE IN 2003. EVEN WORD 2003 SOMETIMES HAVE PROBLEM IN VISTA. DEPAND ON THE COPY YOU INSTALL. I HAD PROBLEM WITH IT SO MANY TIMES

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