Non-encrypted excel file will not open in numbers

I opened the xlsx file just fine on a friends pc excel program with out a password or anything. I then saved it and tried to open it on my macbook but it keeps saying it is encyrpted...help please!

Hi sabdulmeseh,
In Finder, right click (or control click) on the document and Open With > Preview.
I tried this with an Excel document and it opened with Tabs (Sheets) just like Excel.
For each Sheet:
click on the Tab
click in the Sheet
Edit > Select All
Edit > Copy.
Paste into a blank Table in Numbers.
This is painfully slow, but I hope this is a workaround for you.
Regards,
Ian.

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