Set the default open behavior for site collections by using Windows PowerShellįirst, make sure you have the following memberships: On the Features page, for the Open Documents in Client Applications by Default feature, choose Activate to enable the OpenInClient feature (documents will open in the client application), or Deactivate to disable the OpenInClient feature (documents will open in the browser). On the Site Settings page, under Site Collection Administration, choose Site Collection Features. In the SharePoint site collection, choose the Settings icon > Site Settings. Set the OpenInClient feature for site collections
For information about how to use keyboard shortcuts and touch with Office products and services, see Keyboard Shortcuts and Office Touch Guide. You can complete tasks in Office 2013 suites by using a mouse, keyboard shortcuts, or touch. In other words, if the OpenInClient feature of a SharePoint 2013 library or site collection is enabled, documents will open in the client application even if you've configured the SharePoint 2013 server to use Office Web Apps Server. In general, the OpenInClient feature overrides any WOPI bindings you've set between SharePoint 2013 and Office Web Apps Server. See the next section for several different methods to enable the OpenInClient feature. Users can change this setting in the document library properties, and site collection administrators can change it in Site Collection Administration or by using the Enable-SPFeature cmdlet to enable the OpenInClient feature. In site collections or document libraries Site collection administrators and users can use the OpenInClient feature in SharePoint 2013 to specify whether Office files will be opened in the client application or in the browser.
These cmdlets can also be used to adjust the behavior of PDF documents. There are two ways to change the default behavior so that files open in the client applications (or the default PDF reader) instead:įor the SharePoint 2013 farm You can adjust the default open behavior on a per-file-type basis for the SharePoint 2013 farm by using the New-SPWOPIBinding and Set-SPWOPIBinding Windows PowerShell cmdlets. Set how documents are opened from SharePoint 2013 librariesīy default, after you configure SharePoint 2013 to use Office Web Apps Server, clicking a Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or OneNote file opens it in the browser. The following steps show how to configure the default open behavior for Office documents where you have SharePoint 2013 configured to use Office Web Apps Server.
What happens next (whether the file opens in a client application or in the browser) depends on several factors, such as what type of file it is, how you've set up your Office Web Apps Server farm, and how you've set the OpenInClient feature settings of the library or site collection. To open a document in a SharePoint 2013 document library, you just click its title. Summary: Explains how to configure the default open behavior for Office documents in SharePoint site collections and document libraries. Applies to: SharePoint Server 2013, SharePoint Foundation 2013, Office Web Apps