Learn how to use a Microsoft 365 setting to choose whether to open files in the online or desktop app, giving you full control for each file.

To always open supported Office hyperlinks in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint desktop app instead of the browser, follow these steps: Open Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, or Excel.

Microsoft Word can accommodate a surprising number of file formats, and even take in Excel and PowerPoint data, though it might look funny. Here's how.

Although the default option that appears when you open Microsoft Word is a blank page and a blinking cursor, it's possible to create an entire Word document out of attachments and other files. You ...

Beginning with Office 2007, Microsoft unveiled a new file format, called Open XML, which uses the .docx extensionbut isn't compatible with older versions of Office without some assistance. Here ...