Finder not showing icon thumbnail for some excel documents

I have two MS Excel documents that are, except for the data contained within, virtually identical. One was created as an offshoot of the other.
In the Finder, the original displays a thumbnail for the icon, but the offshoot copy displays the standard Excel icon with the (XLSX) "button" in the lower left corner.
I've tried doing a "Save As" and giving the file a different name. That didn't work.
I've checked Get Info on both, and the only anomaly I see is that the offshoot is a larger file, despite containing fewer tabs and less data. (Curiouser and curiouser.)
Would appreciate any ideas, as I'm stumped.
(Off-topic: Strange, isn't it, that the form on discussions.apple.com for submitting questions doesn't allow Safari to do it's on as-you-type spellcheck? Instead you have to click a spellcheck button on the form itself! ***, Apple?)

Hi Nick,
Try deleting the Finder .plist file.
Go to ~/Library/Preferences. Move the com.apple.finder.plist file to the Trash. Restart your Mac.
~ (Tilde) represents your home folder
Carolyn

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