The iphone 4 opens jpg, pdf, mov, etc attachments, but won't give me a quick look or open xls or xlsx files. What am I doning wrong or doesn't that capability exist?

Nevermind. I have the answer. The iPhone 4 opens xls, xlsx, doc and docx files too. The Excel file I was trying to open was a password and write protected document. Sorry for the needless inquiry.
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