Microsoft Office Online switches to OpenDocument as default format

So earlier today I was trying out Microsoft’s online office suite and noticed something interesting. Whenever you create a new Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file from the OneDrive interface, it automatically creates it using the OpenDocument file format (odt, ods, odp) as opposed to the Microsoft Office format (docx, xlsx, ppt). Interestingly if you create it from Office.com it uses the Microsoft format instead.

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4 responses to “Microsoft Office Online switches to OpenDocument as default format”

  1. Yovko Lambrev Avatar

    You can change the default file formats for Office documents from your OneDrive Settings. There is an option called Office file formats.

    1. Kyle Piira Avatar

      Oh yeah look at that! Somehow it must’ve been switched over to OpenDocument (I’m not complaining).

  2. Chuck Avatar

    Interesting… I can’t help but automatically assume this is a glitch of sorts, or possibly a default setting was changed.

    1. Kyle Piira Avatar

      Looks it is a setting in OneDrive that I must’ve changed at some point.

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