Open and edit files

Hemshikha Seetul

Updated July 01, 2026 09:00

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From the QorusDocs Add-ins and in Hub Central, you can directly open Word docs, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations.

You can open files after browsing your connected content, asking a question with Ask, or searching by keyword with Find.

In this article, we’ll explain how to open files from:

Opening files from the Search pane
Opening files from the Preview window

1. Opening files from the Search pane

In the Search pane, click on the name of the file to expand the search result, and see the content actions available:

For Word documents and PowerPoint presentations, you'll find the 'Open' button within the 'More' menu:

For Excel spreadsheets, you'll find the 'Open' button directly from the available content actions:

2. Opening files from the Preview window

You may want to preview a file first to confirm it is the file you need before opening it.

Click on the 'Preview' button in the Search pane, and then in the preview window, click on 'Open'.

Important: Opening a file is not the same as downloading a copy

When you open a file from QorusDocs, you are opening the live version of the file. This is not the same as downloading a copy.

If you have edit rights to the file, any changes you make are saved back to the connected location, such as SharePoint Online or OneDrive for Business.

When you download a copy of a file from QorusDocs, any changes you make are saved only to your downloaded copy. Those changes do not update the live version connected to your QorusDocs hub.