Open in Desktop App moving to Mode menu in Office for the web (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)

Posted on by Katie Babcock

October 30, 2020

Katie Babcock

Excel, Microsoft 365 Announcements, PowerPoint, Word

The Open in Desktop App command is moving to the Mode menu (Editing, Reviewing, Viewing) in Office for the Web. A teaching callout will help people learn the new location of the Open in Desktop command. This change will soon roll out to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web applications.

Previous Open in Desktop App command:

The original open in Desktop App button was in the middle of the main Word menu.

New Open in Desktop App command:

The new open in Desktop App button is now located in the "Editing" menu in Word.