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Links to Sharepoint documents set to download
Previously in Sharepoint (mere weeks ago), I was able to change links to Sharepoint documents to set to download, instead of having the document open in a browser.
I would change the URL contai...
In SPO you should now be able to download Office documents from inside the Office Online apps that open them.
Other documents can be downloaded directly and/or by using the apps that open them.
So, AFAIK, there is no need to change manually the URL.
Hope it helps...
I got the download link as following:
-right click in the document that is in the lybrary
-download
-then click in the 3 dots of the downloaded file
-click in: copy download link
This does NOT look like Chrome - is it Edge?
The URL i got from this process (copy download link) looks like this.
site url/_layouts/15/download.aspx?SourceURL=encoded url starting after sharepoint.com
Here's an example of an encoded URL that would work in the box above. It has a leading slash(%2F).
%2Fsites%2FSITE%2DNAME%2DWITH%2DSPACES%2FLIBRARY%2FFile%5FName%5FWith%5FUnderscores%2Ezip
