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jobod5
New member | Level 2
11 months ago

How to default opening files with processing apps (instead of unworkable ''preview'' view)

Everytime ctrl+click to open a file - it opens in this preview version.    I would like files to default to opening with Microsoft Excel or Word, so I can get going! Otherwise, it's clic...
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    Nancy
    11 months ago

    Happy New Year to you as well, Jo! 

     

    Are you able to see this option, if you scroll down this page more? There should be a section called "Default editing apps", where you can change this setting. If not, please send me one more screenshot of what you see.

     

    In this case, I’d also like you to test this from another browser, and also let me know what's the plan you're currently on (as shown here).

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