It might be that in Windows Explorer under Tools, Folder Options, View,
"Hide extensions for known file types" is selected.

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Jim
"Dave o" wrote in message
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wehn my boss saves certain excel files, they sometimes save as a file
without
the .xls extension. his "save as" says to save it as a excel file, but
his
does not then say "(.xls)" like mine does.

what do i need to change or how is this happening?