Excel Document Converting to .dat

[sara.leonard]

MY OFFICE IS TRYING TO SEND ME A SPREADSHEET AND THEY ARE USING EXCEL BUT I
CAN'T OPEN IT BECAUSE I RECIEVE IT AS A .DAT FILE


I can't open the file at all to even rename it.

[rollis13]

You must first save the file from mail and then rename it to .xls (and have a try).

[sara.leonard]

Do you know why this happens?

[rollis13]

Yes, but at the moment I can't remember, sorry.
It should be something like this: the .dat attachment is the result of a coding problem misconstrued by the receiver's mail handler that does not recognize the coding system used by the mail handler who forwards.