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Is it possible to set the version number of SharePoint document?

No, it's not possible to set the document version number manually in all SharePoint versions, As a workaround solution In case the current document version number in the test site is higher than ...
Mohamed El-Qassas MVP's user avatar
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How can you move a document with its version history to a new library?

There's a new solution in Office 365. You can now select a file or group of files in the modern experience in OneDrive or SharePoint and select Move to. A file or group of files moved this way will ...
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Document not displaying latest changes in Sharepoint library

I've seen this happen quite often. I don't know if you are aware, or tried this already, but Office caches documents in the 'Upload Center'. As soon as you open a document, it will store a copy in ...
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Open docx file in Word (client) from hosted app (SP 2013)

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> window.location.href = "ms-word:ofe|u|https://website.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename/Shared%20Documents/1.docx"; </script> Try this.
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Is there a way to show recommend Documents for the current logged-in user

SharePoint recommendations on modern pages help you and your users discover pages and news in your organization. You may refer to the following link: SharePoint Recommendations
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What is the relation between un-checking the "Allow members to share" option and having the "Restricted Link" option inside the "Get Link" popup

Allow members to share the site and individual files and folders. If this box is checked – that will allow users to share individual files with people outside of the security groups/site. So ...
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Is there a way to show the document status inside a document library indicating if the document is Draft or Published

I'd probably set up a calculated column that looks at the Version. Basically this finds the version, finds the decimal point and if the number after the decimal point is a 0, it's published, otherwise,...
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Document Library - filter

If you are working with pages and inserting your list as a web part then Metadata based filtering will not appear by default. But you have several other options to mimic this behavior. you can have a ...
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Uploading a new version of a pdf file

Short answer to your question is Yes. SharePoint will retain the different versions of the PDF/Zip file. SharePoint doesn't care what type of file it is when it comes to keeping file versions. ...
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SharePoint Online - is there a way to create a notification or flow when a file in not modified for three days?

It's a pretty straight forward 2010 or 2013 workflow. Store the date last modified, Sleep for three days, Check the if modified date has changed, If not send an email, create a task, etc. This is a 5 ...
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How do You Navigate Back to Search Results from an Open Document?

I just tested this in SharePoint 2013 on premise, and clicking the back arrow of InternetExplorer returns from a web displayed Excel file back to the search results.So maybe in 2 years this was fixed. ...
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How do You Navigate Back to Search Results from an Open Document?

Maybe you can use the Enterprise Search Center template to create a sub-site which allows users to search for content. However, this will search through all document libraries that can be searched. ...
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App doc library "+new" button shows Upload dialog

For me I find that in my SharePoint 2016 setup Allow management of Content Types to No, still causes + New to give the Upload menu. I do not want the Upload menu either. I just want the +New to open ...
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Set Sharepoint online document columns filled by XML file

Solution 1 (Third-party - paid) If third party solution is feasible, use Simego data synchronization studio https://www.simego.com/solutions/sharepoint-integration. You can setup xml file location to ...
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How to get the filename of a document given the document ID

you can specify the column name as "FileLeafRef" in viewfield to get only specified details of document private void GetDocument(string UNIQUE_DOC_ID) { string siteUrl= "..."; ClientContext ...
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Opening document set from calendar in Sharepoint 365

You can set a default view for the Document Set under Document Set setting: But calendar view cannot be set as default view. It will not be available in the list of views under document set setting. ...
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Can't open document in library with ''é'', ''à'' and other character with accent SharePoint 2016

My colleague found the solution. You need to enable ''Allow high-bit characters'' in your IIS Web Site in the Request Filtering option.
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Can't open document in library with ''é'', ''à'' and other character with accent SharePoint 2016

If you're on a Windows operating system other than Windows 10, you may have a problem with the URL which doesn't translate the àçéèêëïù correct. Instead of using % it may use invalid characters such ...
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Where does SharePoint Online open's Office documents like word excel etc

Office Online View-only functionality is provided for free. To see all the features that are included in each plans, view the detailed service descriptions. In addition, we can set the default open ...
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Sharepoint Online - How to set Document Library search to search all doc libraries?

It's a good idea, but it's not doable in the document library Search box! The Search box is only scoped for the current document library contents and can't be reconfigured to search for other ...
Mohamed El-Qassas MVP's user avatar
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Sharepoint for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

The short answer is 'Yes SharePoint can be used for PLM". The slightly longer answer is "Yes SharePoint can be used for PLM, BUT depending on the size of data it might not be the best tool for the ...
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Show list of file names uploaded across the site collection

For classic pages, you can use a content search webpart to show all documents sorted by created date. To display the results in tabular view you will have to customize the display template. In your ...
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document library validation formula

Formula: =IF(Category="Checklists",IF([Checklist Categories]<>"",TRUE,FALSE),TRUE) User message: If Category option Checklists is selected, you must also make a selection for Checklist ...
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Copying Documents between subsites and staying connected

Pleas refer to this link, hope this helps!
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Construct External Link to Sharepoint Document by GUID

If GUID is all you have and you want to avoid extra requests via REST, then the only way to construct the links is this. You need to construct a URL using the following parts: https://TENANT....
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Get all files in a site collection with PnPJS

To loop all subsites: $pnp.sp.site.rootWeb.webs.get().then(function(data){ console.log(data) }) To get all document libraries in the site: $pnp.sp.site.getDocumentLibraries("http://sp16/...
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SharePoint 2013 Caml Query on GUID using CSOM returns empty

there is no SPList.GetItemByUniqueId if you can use id try GetFileById(id) If you can't use id In caml query use one of theses queries Query 1 query.ViewXml = String.Format("<View><Query&...
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Add message/warning while printing the documents in SharePoint document library

First, print feature is based on office products such as word, excel,PowerPoint and so on, and has little to do with SharePoint. So there is no related SharePoint solution to add a message when ...
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Is there a way to show recommend Documents for the current logged-in user

There is no recommended documents web part in SharePoint Online. However, there is "Recent documents" web part in SharePoint which shows the most recent documents accessed by the current ...
Ganesh Sanap - MVP's user avatar
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Links added in "Quick Links" webpart to force download the documents works only when double clicks

You can't out-of-the-box: The Quick Links web part does NOT allow for one-click download functionality. It seems that SharePoint handles tenant-based download links differently than out-of-tenant ...
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