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Word attachments open as a PDF
Your description indicates that the document in question is displayed in Reading view rather than in Editing view. In that case, try switching views from the top of the page in Word Online.
If you download a copy of an online document from the SharePoint environment, are you then able to open it for editing in your locally installed version of Word?
Are all users editing in Word Online, or are users in general using the full version of Word (without downloading the document first, I mean)?
- It is mix actually.Few users use word online and few use deskop app.of word.
If the Editing view is enabled, you should see a button to activate Reading view on the View tab:
Conversely, if the Reading view is active, the document displays with a minimum of commands available:
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Me and my team members should be able to open any MS file (word,excel or ppt) shared on Sharepoint with editable access to open in the respective app.with editable access .As the team members simultaneously work on the file. Which is currently not happening and the files are opening as view/ready only and in pdf.
- How to enable the editing view as default for all MS Documents.I do not see any option on online version of word , excel or ppt.
I believe that the SharePoint admin can specify whether Editing mode or Reading mode should be the default. Or are you saying that the issue with Reading mode is specific to one particular document?