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No longer a prompt to enter file names in Teams
Did Microsoft change the default way new files are created/opened in Teams? Previously if you created a new excel template file while in Teams you would be prompted to enter the name of the file immediately. Now it auto generates Book1 as the name and opens in a separate webpage. I have many flows that rely on the name of the file being set at creation and this is messing everything up.
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This is the most frustrating update with Teams I have dealt with yet. There is ZERO part of this change that "fast-tracks" or "streamlines" ANYTHING. When I create a word doc, add in the content I need, then go back to change the name and save, then create a new document, it adds the content to the new file (now named document) and removes it from the first file I added and went back to change the name. I have never posted on a forum but this is just beyond the dumbest thing I have dealt with yet.
We are seeing the same issue. This will lead to issues with file naming - the prompt to rename the file was a very elegant functionality
Yes, Microsoft recently changed this behavior—now new Office files in Teams auto-open with a default name like Book1, and you rename them after.
Workaround: create the file first using "New > File" and rename it before opening, or use SharePoint directly where naming is still prompted.
Naming has never been prompted when creating a new file on SharePoint, only Teams. This is why I have had my staff using Teams to create files. How do you create a new file without it opening automatically? When we create files, it auto opens in a new tab and calls it book immediately. There is no time to change the name before opening.
