Opening Excel files in Numbers

I am a rookie Apple user. When I purchased my MacBook Pro I was assured I could open my Excel files in Numbers. Well, I have tried to email the files and have burned them to a disc and either way they will not open in Numbers. I get an error message that the files are encrypted. My Word files on the same disc/email open with no problem so there is no encryption that I am aware of. The Excel file that I am trying to open is a report template with 4 linked pages in a "book" Other than dates there are no numbers. All fields are designated for text. I have tried to open the blank saved templates as well as completed and saved reports to no avail. Is this issue because it is a "book"? Is it because it is mostly text? or what???
If this issue cant be resolved is it worth getting Office for Mac so I can use my excel files? (must stay with Excel because of work) I have heard it causes a lot of issues (freezing/slowness) just as if you were running it on a PC (although I only had such issues when my software/computer was too old). Any input would be helpful. Thanks in advance!

I am a rookie Apple user. When I purchased my MacBook Pro I was assured I could open my Excel files in Numbers.
You where too optimistic. Numbers is able to open many Excel files using a format which was availabler in august 2007 when it was 'finished'.
Well, I have tried to email the files
To mail an iWork document, we must compress it as a .zip archive because several mail applications are unable to transfer folder (an iWork document is a package which is a special kind of folder).
and have burned them to a disc and either way they will not open in Numbers. I get an error message that the files are encrypted.
Given the structure of iWork documents, we can't open them from a read only device. The message is wrong. Copy the document on a read-write media and you will able to open it.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mercredi 5 novembre 2008 18:52:53)

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