Unable to edit a File in Sharepoint

Unable to edit a form or document from Sharepoint? Is the document stuck in View Only mode? Some of these documents cannot be edited because they are templates used by every site, so the documents are saved as View Only so that one person does not change the template for everybody.

To access these files so that you can edit them in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc., we need to download a copy of the file, then upload the copy into your OneDrive online. From there, you can open and edit the file!

To add a file from Sharepoint to OneDrive online follow the below steps:
 

1. Open the file from Sharepoint, choose File > Save as > Download a copy.

2. Open File Explorer on your computer, select Downloads on the left hand side, right click the downloaded file and choose to Rename.

3. Rename the file.

4. Open OneDrive online, choose Add new on the left hand side.

5. Select Files Upload from the dropdown menu.

Steps 4 and 5.

6. Select the Renamed File from the Downloads folder, and choose Open to upload the file.

When the file finishes uploading into OneDrive, open the file. You should now be able to edit the file.