Editing a Word Document in OneDrive


There are two ways to edit a document in Office 365 via OneDrive. The first, with Word Online, offers editing in the cloud. The second will open the document with Word on your desktop.

Word Online

Login to your UCF Enterprise Email in Office 365, and click on OneDrive. Select the document you wish to edit.

This will open your OneDrive document in the Read Only version. To edit, click Edit Document in the top left corner and select Edit in Word Online.

 

The document will then open in the editor and allow you to make changes to the document.

 

 

Word on the Desktop

To edit a document with Word on your desktop, select Edit in Word when in the Read Only version of your OneDrive document.

You will likely get a series of pop-ups on your desktop asking for permission to launch the application.

 

Click Word (desktop) and Open link.

 

Click Yes.

 

 

You may need to sign in to open Word. Type in your email address and click Next.

 

Select Work account.

 

Then type in your password and click Sign in.

 

 

Click Enable Editing, and you will be able to edit the document.