Opening normal dotm in Windows 11 - the Open command creates a new blank document

John9210 · #1 06-03-2022, 08:38 AM

I found a curious thing in Windows 11. If you want to edit Normal dotm you can't simply right-click it and click Open in the menu. This does not open it

. Instead, it creates a new document!

You can however use this procedure: Right-click Normal dotm, choose Show more options (F2) and then click Open. It opens, ready for editing.

This probably applies to other templates as well, but I haven't tried it yet.

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