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

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05-26-2022, 12:20 AM

wiganken

Windows 11 Excel gives Normal.dotm: File format is not valid message (yes, Excel, not Word)

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Have you by chance copied the normal.dotm Word template into the following location: -

C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

If so then delete that normal.dotm file.

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