

What do I mean by that? In the background I have our PresenterMedia website open, don’t worry guys I tested this out this morning. Or more specifically, what happens when you click on a link in Chrome and it keeps opening instead of saving to your computer. Reference this post as well for a full list of limitations of browser vs.Good morning everybody, this is Kara Jones with PresenterMedia, and today we’re talking Chrome.If users open the files in the native (desktop) applications, when you click the Save button from Word/Excel/PowerPoint – the files go back to where they came from (SharePoint document library or OneDrive).


If you want to default Office files to open in the native app for the whole SharePoint site (all document libraries located on that site) – please follow the below instructions instead. Under Opening Documents in the Browser section, change the radio button to Open in the client application.Navigate to the document library, click Gear Icon > Library settings.

If you want to default Office files to open in the native app for a specific document library – please follow the instructions below. Instructions are a bit different for SharePoint and OneDrive. If you would like to automatically have the Office files open in the native (desktop) applications, then you would need to change some settings behind the scenes. Right-click above the file > Open > Open in app How to default Office files to open in the native app Any user at any time can manually bypass the browser experience.
