LanguageDOTM
Microsoft Word Open XML macro-enabled document template
File type: Document file, Microsoft Office file
A dotm file extension is related to Microsoft Word 2007 and later. A dotm file stores Open XML macro-enabled document template.
What is dotm file?
File type category:
Document file
Microsoft Office file
Date updated: December 20, 2024
The dotm file extension is associated with Microsoft Word, a powerful authoring program that gives you the ability to create and share documents by combining a comprehensive set of writing tools with the easy-to-use Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, which is part of Microsoft Office.
The dotm files are used in Microsoft Word 2007 and higher for document template files.
The *.dotm templates are used, when users wants to create several *.docx documents with same formatting and with additional macros. Developers can pro grammatically determine if any macro-enabled code exists in a WordprocessingML document by inspecting the package file and can remove those parts, so that the code can cause no harm.
They serve the same purpose as the Word template files (*.dot), but use the new file extensions and file formats for Word documents based on Open XML data format. The dotm files use ZIP compression for smaller file sizes.
MIME types:
application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroEnabled.12
How to open dotm file?
The *.dotm files are document templates for Microsoft Word 2007/2010 and can be opened in the the program.
How to convert dotm file?
You can save *.dotm file to regular DOCX document.
Suggested software to open dotm file:
Associated software actions with the dotm file
Software applications that can open dotm files:
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apache OpenOffice Writer (OpenOffice.org Writer) (Multiplatform)
Software applications that can edit dotm files:
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apache OpenOffice Writer (OpenOffice.org Writer) (Multiplatform)
Software capable of saving dotm files:
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apache OpenOffice Writer (OpenOffice.org Writer) (Multiplatform)
Programs for viewing dotm files:
Microsoft Word for iOS (Apple iOS)
Microsoft Office Mobile for Android (Google Android)
Microsoft Word for Android (Google Android)
Software apps that create dotm files:
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apache OpenOffice Writer (OpenOffice.org Writer) (Multiplatform)
Software apps that convert dotm files:
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apache OpenOffice Writer (OpenOffice.org Writer) (Multiplatform)
Software apps that import dotm files:
Calligra Suite (Multiplatform)
Software apps that print dotm files:
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apache OpenOffice Writer (OpenOffice.org Writer) (Multiplatform)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving dotm files:
Microsoft Office (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Office for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Office 365 (Multiplatform)