Editing a document in Microsoft 365

Background

After you have created a document in Microsoft 365, it is easy to make further changes to those documents at a later stage. You can edit them online or on your computer using Office 2016.

Step-by-step guide

To edit an existing Microsoft 365 document, follow these steps:

1. Log into Microsoft 365.
   
   

2. Look through the list of recent documents on the home screen. When you find the document you want to edit, click/tap on it. If you can't see your file listed, try clicking/tapping Show more.
   

   
   
   

3. The document will open in preview mode, to edit, click/tap Edit Document, which is located in the top-right corner. 

4.   To edit the document in Microsoft 365 (in your web browser), click/tap Edit in Browser:
   
   

   
   If you'd rather use the full version of the Office program, click/tap Edit in Word (or Edit in Excel or Edit in PowerPoint. depending on the type of document you are working with). 
   
   

5. Microsoft 365 will now attempt to download the document and open it locally. You may see a warning message. Just click/tap Yes to continue.