Opening an .xlsx file

Newer Microsoft Office files are sent to me from my PC friends and arrive as a .xlsx file. I can't open these, If they save them back to .xls, then they open on my Mac. Do I need to upgrade my Appleworks file?

billyfx wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply. I have Office for Mac. Do you think I need to update my version? This only started happening a month or so ago.
Check the MS site for a program to convert .DOCX, .XLTX files back to the older .DOC, .XLT file format.
The Windows version is called Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. Not sure if they released a version for Mac.
EDIT: That should of read XLSX and XLS. Not XLTX and XLT, although those extension are for Templates.
Yes there is.
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2008/06/25/mac-compatibility-pa ck-released.aspx
Or here.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=19544
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