Opens as a copy in Excel 2011

There are a few files that are floating around my company that open as a copy when opened in Excel 2011 on a Mac.
These are old files and the original creator can not be contacted to find out if something special was done to it.
If opened on a Windows machine it does not open as a copy.
It does not appear to contain any macros or special VB code.

Hi,
Please try to install the latest update and repair Office 2011. Here is a forum about Office for Windows, we are lack of the skill and environment about Office for mac. I recommend you post the question to Answers forum:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macexcel/excel-2011-for-mac-suddenly-not-opening-frequently/aba1d073-78be-4be1-adc3-052b713381fe
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