Try to save it to disk
Then press SHIFT key and right click and choose 'Open With'... Choose Excel
and click on 'Always open with' check box...
This should solve your problem....

"Rose B" wrote:

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium, Microsoft Works Suite 2006 and Tren
Micro Internet Security Pro 2009 - I cannot open xls documents sent in an
e-mail attachment. It seems to open in Word Pad and all scrambled