Excel gives Normal.dotm: File format is not valid message (yes, Excel, not Word)

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Excel gives Normal.dotm: File format is not valid message (yes, Excel, not Word)

05-26-2022, 08:11 AM

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Windows 10 Excel gives Normal.dotm: File format is not valid message (yes, Excel, not Word)

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Windspeed

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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