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(@krpabba)
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Hello,

I have few excel files, when I open them all cells in all sheets change to date or custom format. I change the format to general, save and  close still when I open the file again the format changes to date/custom. It will be great help if I get a solution for this issue.

 

Thank you,

Krishna

 
Posted : 28/04/2022 12:51 am
(@debaser)
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Which version of Excel is it? That sounds like a bug that first appeared in (I think) Excel 2007 where the normal style's number format would be changed to date. There were lots of possible causes - often seemed to involve files with lots of pivot tables - but nothing definitive as I recall.

 
Posted : 28/04/2022 2:48 am
(@krpabba)
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Thank you for your response. It is Excel 2016

 
Posted : 28/04/2022 3:11 am
(@debaser)
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There has never been a definitive cause identified that I know of but to correct it you need to modify the Normal style (under cell styles on the Home tab) to make the default number format General again.

 
Posted : 28/04/2022 10:40 am
(@krpabba)
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Hello Velouria,

I tried it, Even the style getting changed again and again.

Thank you,

Krishna

 
Posted : 29/04/2022 7:54 am
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