In Finder, cant open some files and they are "ghosted"

Hi, searching for an excel file I pulled up lots of files but the ones I wanted were ghosted (lighter colour than the ones I could open)....as if they were there but different, the ones I could open were highlighted or coloured properly...If its seeing files on my mac why cant I open? Its seems these files may have been attachments in emails, but I still want to see and click open from finder...any ideas?

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