This configuration is local to the computer where you made it which means that in other computers where you are using the same account the Office files will continue to open inside Microsoft Teams. To check at any time what is the setting applied to the files you just need to repeat the process and look for the label default, as it indicates what is the option selected. In the popup choose between Teams, Desktop App or Browserįrom now on all Word, Excel and PowerPoint files will open with the option you’ve selected.Finally select from the suggested programs or select More apps to find another program on your computer, to open files with the selected file extension. In the Open sub-menu select Change default From the list of file extensions, select the extension that you want to change the default program to open with and then click Change program.Click in the … next to the file name to open the context menu.In Microsoft Teams open a document library with Office files stored.To change the default application, you should do the following:
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In this article you will learn how to change the default version of Office used by Word, Excel and PowerPoint files stored in Microsoft Teams, making it open inside Teams, in the browser or in the Desktop application. Once the file is open in Microsoft Teams you have the option to open it in the desktop application, but it requires a few extra clicks and a few seconds waiting for it to open again. Microsoft Office files hosted in Microsoft Teams by default open inside the application using the web version of the associated Office application. How to change the default application to open Office files from Microsoft Teamsīy João Ferreira Microsoft Teams 0 Comments