How to stop preview when opening Excel?

Irritating problem that I can't make go away: I am using a MacBook Pro assigned to my by my employer. I use Excel every day and every day, when I click on an Excel file icon "preview" opens the file! I hate that. I want Excel to open the file. I have to close everything click on the Excel icon and then open the file. (1) why is this happening? Why can't I simply double click on an Excel icon and get Excel to open the file? (2) how to I shut off this "feature" or prevent this from happening in the future? Thank you.

Highlight one of toy Exel files, click command I, it will bring up the window you need, near the bottom you can select open with (Exel in this case) and below click all. Hope this helps.

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