Microsoft Teams - How to edit office files in Teams

Open and edit files directly in Teams or in their respective desktop or web apps.

Edit a file in Teams

To open and edit a file in Teams, select a file from any of these locations:

  1. The files list when you select OneDrive on the left side of Teams
  2. The Files or Shared tab at the top of a chat or channel
  3. The message where the file was attached

By default, the file opens inside Teams with the standard Office tools available at the top of the screen.

 

Change your file open preference

To change where you want to open Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files in:

  1. Select Settings and more > Settings in Teams.
  2. Select Files and links.
  3. In File open preference, select the dropdown menu to choose where you want files to open:
  • Teams
  • Desktop app
  • Browser

Your changes will be applied automatically.

 

Edit an Office file in its desktop or web app

  1. Right-click a file from any of these locations:
  • The files list when you select OneDrive on the left side of Teams
  • The Files or Shared tab at the top of a chat or channel
  • The message where the file was attached
  1. Select Open in and choose Desktop app or Open in browser.

If you’re using Teams on the web, you can choose between Teams and Browser. You can also manually choose where a file is opened without changing your default setting by going to the file and selecting More options > Open.

 

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