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Set preference of opening in Office Online or Office App
We would like to see some kind of preference that a user can set to open files from SharePoint directely in the Office Apps instead of Office Online when clicking on them. This saves an extra click, ...
- On the Document Library Settings page, choose Advanced settings.
On the Advanced Settings page, in Opening Document in the Browser, select one of the following options:
Open in the client application When a user chooses a document in this library, the document will open in the corresponding client application if it's available.
Open in the browser When a user chooses a document in this library, the document will open in the web browser in the web app for that document type. When the document is opened in the web app, the user can then decide to open the document in the client application.
Use the server default When a user chooses a document in this library, the document will open by using the default open behavior specified for the server
I found that that setting only works in IE and Firefox but not for Chrome or Edge.
In Chrome or Edge, the document is opened/created using Office Web app irrespective of the setting.
Has anyone experienced the same?
I am using Windows 10.
Gilbert Okello you have to activate the IE Compatibility Mode (under Settings) in Edge first. It just work for the Sites that you explicity activate the Compatibility Mode (it will not be activate over the Internet).