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Nov 29, 2017Links 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...
- Nov 29, 2017
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...
FG_TFS
Oct 15, 2020Brass Contributor
This does NOT look like Chrome - is it Edge?
MSUM_Clifferton
Oct 28, 2021Brass Contributor
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