You can change the format of the text files by "opening" the text file,
clicking save as, and then on the save as dialog box, click on "save as
type". There should be a file type option that allows you to open that file
as an excel fine if it is set the way you said it was.

Hope this was helpful to you.

"Sandy5590" wrote:

I have Excel set as my default program for opening .text and .txt files, but
when I double-click on the files, nothing happens. Excel doesn't open and
my files don't open. I'm using Vista and Office 2007.