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Set preference of opening in Office Online or Office App
- 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've also found the option 'Open Documents in Client Applications by Default' on the Site Collection Features page, which does the same for the entire Site Collection (which is what we wanted). Thanks for you reply, you pointed me in the right direction :-)
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).
- I am having the same issue with some users. Is there a fix for this?
The feature "open document with client application" work only on the website. If you have outlook, you can activate this option to open link received from SharePoint/onedrive by mail with the app
- THANK YOU!
Yes, I experience the same at one of my customers tenants.
Chrome open new documents in Office Online.
It also opens existing documents in Office Online.
After I click the "..." and Open from the popup, then it opens in the Office Clients instead.
Weird!
Hi, Can you tell where is that menu from?
Same thing occurs in SharePoint 2016 on-premise. We cannot force users to use Internet Explorer, especially as Edge is Microsoft's recommended browser. Is there another option?
