Cannot edit Word documents in Teams

Anonymous
2020-03-24T22:23:58+00:00

I've lost the ability to edit Word documents in Teams.  Is there anything I can do to fix that?

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Anonymous
2020-03-27T03:14:33+00:00

Hi All

Thanks for all the feedback here.

We would like to inform that this change is just a temporary adjustment due to the COVIN-19.

You can get more information or keep track of this change in the message center:

To open the Message center, first, make sure that you have selected the Try the new admin center toggle on the admin center Home page, and then go to Health > Message center to check the post (MC 207443).

We will continue to monitor our Microsoft 365 services on an ongoing basis and share any further updates here.

Meanwhile, only the Office 365 Education license is affected by this change, if you are working with a different license but still have the same issue, or there is any other issue when using Teams or edit document online due to this change, we suggest you post a new thread on our community and we will keep working for you.

We highly appreciate your understanding. Please do take care during this specific period.

Best Regards

Higgins

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-25T12:49:10+00:00

    We have also same issue. Only Word. 

    Excel and powerpoint works

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-25T12:55:44+00:00

    I am facing the same problem. I am able to edit excel document, but unable to edit any word document . The tool bar is unavailable too.

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  3. Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-03-25T13:34:33+00:00

    In Teams, Word documents now seem to open in a view mode. If I click the three dots and choose to open in browser, then editing will be enabled.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-25T13:49:11+00:00

    same problem for me - started yesterday - toolbars and edit functionality disappeared for Word docs

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