Excel 2011 for Mac problem on Mavericks?

I have an unusual problem that just reared its head yesterday. I'm on Excel for Mac 2011 v. 14.3.8, and Mavericks 10.9. I don't know if this is specifically Mavericks related or not.
I have a file that resides on my Mac Pro in our den. We have our two MacBook Airs set up with file sharing, screen sharing, etc., so that we can easily access and update that file from our Airs (its's our personal finance spreadsheet, a critical document for us!).
All of the sudden, when we try to access the file from our Airs via conventional file sharing, we get the following message: "Excel could not open 2013 Finances.xlsx because some content is unreadable. Do you want to open and repair this workbook? If Excel cannot repair the file, some data may be lost" Our options in the dialog box are to Cancel or Open and Repair. When I click on the latter, I get the following message: "The workbook cannot be opened or repaired by Microsoft Excel because it is corrupt".
Interestingly, though, I can open the file normally from the desktop, so the file doesn't appear "corrupt".
Also, from our Airs, I can open up any other file via file sharing, so it's not a global File Sharing problem.
Also, from our Airs, I can open the file via Screen Sharing, interestingly.
Finally, I went into Time Machine and restored the file from a few days ago. It continues to get weirder. I can open that restored file fine via File Sharing on the Airs. Then, from the Airs, if I add some new data, then save it, then try to reopen it, I get the error message and am unable to open it from my Air while being able to open it from my desktop.
I've posted to a Microsoft forum as wel, but I'd appreciate any help you can give me!

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