Microsoft Office Forums

Go Back   Microsoft Office Forums > >

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #4  
Old 05-26-2022, 11:50 PM
wiganken wiganken is offline Excel gives Normal.dotm: File format is not valid message (yes, Excel, not Word) Windows 11 Excel gives Normal.dotm: File format is not valid message (yes, Excel, not Word) Office 2019
Expert
 
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 279
wiganken will become famous soon enough
Default

Just for the record 'Normal.xlsm' is not a template. See Change the default file format for saving workbooks . It is a macro-enable Excel workbook format.

Also I don't see how anyone could edit the MS 'Excel.exe' file to force it to use the Normal.dotm Word template. Excel uses the templates 'Book.xltx' and 'Sheet.xltx' stored in the XLSTART folder when it launches.

It would be interesting to see if @Windspeed finds a solution and what it was. Are you watching OP?
Reply With Quote
 

Tags
excel 2010, file format is not valid, normal.dotm

Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Excel gives Normal.dotm: File format is not valid message (yes, Excel, not Word) I have duplicate Normal.dotm files and get an Excel error message that it is not a valid file type Windspeed Word 4 07-17-2022 08:36 PM
Format file not valid in Excel Harrington48 Excel 2 10-21-2021 06:30 PM
I have a dotm file and can't add bookmarks because it reverts to normal doc Dpucher Word VBA 1 07-21-2019 08:15 PM
Excel gives Normal.dotm: File format is not valid message (yes, Excel, not Word) Convert word file into more readable format to paste into Excel jeffreybrown Word 8 02-27-2018 05:34 AM
Embeding Excel Docs in Word - Receiving Memory Error Message if Excel is open kdash Word 0 05-06-2015 09:38 AM

Other Forums: Access Forums

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:21 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2025 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
MSOfficeForums.com is not affiliated with Microsoft