EMF file opens as blank

I am trying to open an emf file in Illustrator, but it just appears as a blank page.  I tried some emf files that I created a few years ago, and they open fine.  But the new ones that I made are not appearing.  What am I doing wrong? 

Hi Mike,
Thanks for your quick response!  Admittedly, I am not using Illustrator for it's full capacity, so I'm definitely a novice.  But, again, I'm just a little bit perplexed as to why some of the emf files appear with no problem, and the ones I'm working with now are not appearing.  Here is a bit more detail:
The emf files are created in MatLab (they are graphs for research).  I save them as an emf file from that program.  However, that program is relatively crude, so I need to make some adjustments to make them look better, which is what I have used Illustrator for in the past.  I can open these files with other programs (paint, photo viewer, etc), but when I try to open them with Illustrator, I just see a plain white box.  Again, when I open emf files that I made a few years ago (using the same techniques), there is no probelm -- the figure appears and I can edit it.
When I save the figures in another format (e.g., if I convert to a pdf), the picture appears, but some of the quality is lost.  The lines become a bit fuzzy and less defined. 
I have not tried to insert into Word first, then open in Illustrator, so I will try that next.  What is the porper way to do this?  I know how to insert the image, but should I then just save as a .docx, then open that in Illustrator?  Let me know, and I'll give it a shot.

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