Excel Won't Open Numbers Export

I exported a relatively simple Numbers spreadsheet to xlsx format f/u/w Excel 2008 for Mac. Excel can't open the file. The error message says that the file "...might have been damaged or modified from its original format."
What gives?
Thanks

WWJD: *+How did you export to .xlsx format? My version of Numbers offers only the .xls format+.*
Ah, so! In your question lurks the answer to my question. The original was an xlsx from Office Mac 2008. When I saved it in Numbers it saved as "mysheet.xlsx.numbers, and when I exported it, Numbers named it mysheet.xlsx.
It turns out that after saving the file in Numbers one has to remove the .xlsx and reopen in Numbers and then export to Excel. The spreadsheet is exported as .xls and Excel can read it.
The exported spreadsheet contains a "Table of Contents" Sheet that reads:
+This document was exported from Numbers '08. Each table was converted to an Excel worksheet.+
+Numbers Sheet Name Numbers Table Name Excel Worksheet Name+
+Mysheet-1 Table 1 Mysheet-1 - Table 1+
Thanks to all who took time to reply.
David

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