Help required: Workflow container block missing

Dear All,
My workflow builder strangely doesnt show the container elements block.
How do I add container elements now?
Any idea of the required settings to see and add the container elements?
Please help me out.
Thanks,
nsp

Depends on your version (hint, hint), but my guess is that in the builder you are instead seing the "Step types that can be inserted". Look just at the top of the area. If I am right about your version you will find a line with a text describing what you are seing, and a menu arrow at the right edge. Click the menu arrow to display the list of available 'views'.
The workflow container view is still there in ECC 6.0.

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X                 => &EXPRESS&
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In the woritem preview when clicking on the attachment the file was opened directly in Excel.
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