How do I make encoded documents readable?

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I am trying to read e-mailed documents in xls format. When I open them, they
are encoded. All I see is a bunch of letters and symbols, with a readable
word here and there.

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That's because you're trying to open an Excel spreadsheet in Word. Try using
Excel.

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JoAnn Paules
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"PamC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am trying to read e-mailed documents in xls format. When I open them,
>they
> are encoded. All I see is a bunch of letters and symbols, with a readable
> word here and there.

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