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In Internet Explorer, I can open Sharepoint files directly from their links so the file in Sharepoint is automatically updated when I save it. But in Chrome, it asks to download the file instead of just opening it. In Firefox, it can open the file but still just downloads it to a temporary folder then opening it.
How can I directly open Sharepoint files in Chrome or Firefox just like I do in Internet Explorer?
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Verify that the SharePoint plug-in is enabled in Chrome by clicking the Lock icon before the URL, selecting the drop-down next to Plugins: Allowed by you and validating that Always allow on this site is checked.
When accessing SharePoint, if you notice that documents are downloading and changes you make are not getting uploaded to the server, the most likely cause is that the Microsoft Office plug-in is not running. Chrome alerts you to allow the plug-in to run – follow these steps to enable it. Important!
You can also select the file, click on the “Open” dropdown, and select “Open in Browser” from the toolbar to open a document in the browser!
You can also open the file in the rich Office client application from the Document library directly in Chrome or Microsoft Edge with the Edit button from the document library's file ellipsis menu in the preview pane. SharePoint Server 2013 has reached the end of its support lifecycle and is no longer receiving feature fixes or new functionality.
When you try to open a file from an on-premises installation of Microsoft SharePoint Server or from SharePoint Online in classic view, the browser defaults to either downloading a local copy or trying to open the file in the browser. This issue occurs regardless of your library settings.
You utilize a web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox, to access your team site. From your main SharePoint administrator, you may get your team site’s URL or web address. Access to a team site requires a network user account with appropriate permissions. 2 Other Ways to Have Access To SharePoint Files! 3 Wrap Up!
Installing the Chrome extension IE Tab did the job for me. It has the ability to auto-detect URLs so whenever I browse to our SharePoint it emulates Internet Explorer. Finally I can open Office documents directly from Chrome. You can install IETab for FireFox too.
Installing the Chrome extension IE Tab did the job for me.
It has the ability to auto-detect URLs so whenever I browse to our SharePoint it emulates Internet Explorer. Finally I can open Office documents directly from Chrome.
You can install IETab for FireFox too.
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You can use web-based protocol handlers for the links as per https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/70178/how-does-sharepoint-2013-enable-editing-of-documents-for-chrome-and-fire-fox
Basically, just prepend ms-word:ofe|u| to the links to your SharePoint hosted Word documents.
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