Best Ways to Open & Edit Files in Microsoft Teams | Open in Teams, Browser, Desktop App, or Download

How to use Microsoft Teams to open and edit Office files. Differences between opening files in Teams, Browser, Desktop App, or Download. We will review the pros & cons in editing options whether you open a Word, Excel, PowerPoint or other file type from within Teams. You have the option to open and edit that file directly in Teams, or you can choose to open and edit in either the Browser, the Desktop App, or you can Download the file to your machine. There are advantages and disadvantages to each option and depending on your work preferences, this video will help you determine which option is best for what you are trying to accomplish.
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00:00 Different ways to open files in Teams
00:38 Open files in Teams App
02:05 Open files in Browser
02:50 Open files in Desktop App
03:41 Open files via Download
04:36 Change Default to Open Files in Teams
05:04 Overview of Pros and Cons to each Open In option
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[dennissmith]

I actually understood a little. I was busy watching you. You are so good. (And pretty)

[davidstokes]

I created fillable forms by watching your videos.

I have it set that I only have to fill out the first page, and it will fill out the rest of the document.

However I don't always need all of the COMPLETE document. Basicly I have merged 5 documents into just 1 BIG document.

So, you know how when you go buy a new car, and they enter your information on just one document, and the others get filled out by that document. Is there a way I can have Word do the same thing? That way I can just print them "separately".

The issue that I have with the way I have it set up now, when I have to print, j have to try and remember which ones I need, which are single sided, and which are double sided.

So I would like to have multiple documents that would "pull" their information from the first document, and I could just click on those documents as needed to print them.

If I have to have multiple documents open I'm fine with that. Buy this would make printing SO MUCH easier.

If you already covered this, please advise which video I need.

THANK YOU so much for your GREAT videos!!!

[RagnarMoller]

Nice and pedagogic!

But I want a link to open the document directly in my desktop excel, directly, no supplementary quastions.

I open this files 60 tmes a day.

[tomjones]

Question: When I used MS Word tables, and I want to split cells, when I click on "split cells", it comes up with default numbers in the blocks. Do you know how I can change the default numbers? It defaults to "2" columns... I need it to default to "1". I have spent hours on google, no luck. Thanks for any help you can pass along.

[spydermonkey]

I am unable to edit docx file on teams chat or files. I am able to edit my own files that I uploaded but not files my team is uploading. Same of them, they are able to edit their own uploaded file but not mine..how can I fix?

[UNIVERSESCIENCE]

Hi Sharon, Can you please help regarding a project in M.S Word? I need to create a table that gets visible or hidden by selecting options from the drop-down list. Please help its urgent.