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Copper Contributor

Mar 27, 2020

Link to a template in a SharePoint online document library

How to have a link or generate a link which will create a new pdf or Word or PowerPoint file which has been added as a template inside a document library of a SharePoint Online site. That link could...

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d_mcneil

Copper Contributor

Vaibhavv

Use this method:

ms-word:nft|u|TEMPLATE URL HERE|s|SAVE LOCATION HERE

this is further documented here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/office-uri-schemes

*UPDATE: This does not work for PDF documents

SPerley

Copper Contributor

Apr 06, 2023

d_mcneil I think I'm missing a step as any links I'm trying to create in SharePoint must begin with "http" How do I use this method to create a link to open the template as New document?

Thanks for any help!

Scott