convert to different type of excel extension

stirlsa

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I mistakenly changed my big spreadsheet to xls.htm. I tried to fix it and then I mistakenly changed it to .xls_files

Neither of these spreadsheets print properly. Now when I go 'save as', a regular xls extension is not available. How can I get back to a plain old spreadsheet .xls??

Thanks for your help.
 

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Are you saying that in the Save As dialog box under "Save as type" the dropdown no longer includes "Microsoft Office Excel Workbook(*.xls)"?

To a fellow "the other Washington".
 
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oops

I just figured out that if I opened it in Windows, I couldn't save it as an .xls but when I opened it from EXCEL, then I could.
 
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