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Hello, I want Box to automatically open my excel files in Excel Online and save the extra click.  It was an option when I first setup the account, but don't see the setting now to enable this function.  Thanks for your help.

Hi Bill, 


Welcome to the Box Community!


You can customize which application will open by default for various file types with the 'Open' button on the file preview page by selecting available applications such as Microsoft Office online.


To select a default application for viewing file types:


  1. In the top-right corner of your Box window, click your account icon and select Account Settings.

  2. In the top of the window, click Integrations.

  3. Scroll down to the Opening Integrations section.

  4. Under Open With, for each available File Type select an application.  Box will use this application when opening that file type in Preview.

  5. In the top-right corner of the window, click Save Changes.

Hope this helps!


Best,

This does not work and the Box preview is terrible. Please make it so that clicking will default open in either the MS application or 365online

It's unproductive to have to click 2 or more different buttons to get a file to open in it's respective application. Google Docs is much better at this. Please fix it. 

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