How do I convert an email download from an Excel spreadsheet file

[hillrunner10k]

I received an email from my home office with a download created in an Excel
Spreadsheet file... how do I convert it into text so I can download it?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Just to add to Peo's reply:

And if all you want to do is look at the workbook, maybe the free viewer from
Microsoft would be sufficient:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/officeupdate/CD011347961033.aspx

If that version isn't supported on your pc, Ken Wright posted this link to an
older version:

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_download.asp?fid=5257&fileidx=1

Or maybe a free spreadsheet program would work for you:
http://www.openoffice.org, a 60-65 meg download or a CD