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Aug 21, 2018How to change default document behavior
I am looking for how to change the settings for how documents open from SharePoint (and Teams). Most of the time our users need to open Excel in desktop version and not online. But they have to click...
Stefaan De Vreese
Aug 21, 2018Copper Contributor
Hi Anne,
you can change this by going to the Document Library Settings => Advanced Settings => Opening Documents in the Browser
Here you have the option to set the default behavior to "Open in the client application", which will open every Office document in the desktop app and not online.
Or you could choose to activate the Site Collection feature "Open Documents in Client Applications by Default". This will set the above setting for every Doc Library in your site collection.
you can change this by going to the Document Library Settings => Advanced Settings => Opening Documents in the Browser
Here you have the option to set the default behavior to "Open in the client application", which will open every Office document in the desktop app and not online.
Or you could choose to activate the Site Collection feature "Open Documents in Client Applications by Default". This will set the above setting for every Doc Library in your site collection.
bryrich
Feb 07, 2023Copper Contributor
So, how do you activate the Site Collection feature "Open Documents in Client Applications by Default?"
- Jack_EidsmsnessFeb 07, 2023Copper ContributorI don't have the details at my fingertips, but there is a better per-user setting now that didn't exist at the time of my last viewing this thread, in 2021. Recently it's been working much more consistently, and it doesn't depend solely on which document library your link is in.