Thread: [Solved] Excel gives Normal.dotm: File format is not valid message (yes, Excel, not Word)
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Old 05-26-2022, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Windspeed View Post
Each time I open Excel 2010 I get a message saying 'Normal.dotm: File format is not valid'.
That suggests someone has configured your Excel application so that it tries to open 'Normal.dotm' - a Word template - instead of an Excel template.
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