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Can't open document shared with me in Word desktop application
I have access to an organisation's SharePoint Online environment via the partner access option. I can open Office documents in the browser, but when I try to open in the desktop applications, I just ...
You are only a Guest User or an External User on SharePoint Online:
External users can perform the following tasks:
Use Office Online for viewing and editing documents. If your plan includes Office Pro Plus, they will not have the licenses to install the desktop version of Office on their own Computers.
That's all you can only viewing and editing documents Online.
Not true. That’s only if you don’t already have a license somewhere else :).I just tried opening an Excel file shared via a user's OneDrive for Business site at the same tenant. This opened fine in the Excel desktop application.
I wonder if the behavior is different depending on whether the document is located in ODfB or a SharePoint site collection.
- Shouldn’t be they are technically the same. So you are a site collection admin on the site your trying to edit the files on?so if you navigate to the site and try to edit the files using excel / word from the site itself direct you cannot?
