Inconsistent sharing link in generated OneDrive
Hi folks,
I use the Copy Link option in OneDrive sharing all of the time but I am frustrated by the fact that when I paste the link in an email most of the time it shows the full link of the doc but other times I shows the file name (linked to the document). I have been unable to figure out what I need to do for it to consistently paste in a file name based link.
Is there some logic on how to get this to consistently work? Some times I get the link like I want, other times I click will ‘Copy’ in the copied dialogue box and get it to work and most other times I never get the link I want.
Hi Emily, thanks for reaching out.
I’ll try and explain what is going on here. When you copy a link from an Office client (i.e. clicking “Share” in a version of Office that has the common sharing dialog), you will copy a link that has the nice hyperlink-type functionality (e.g. see the document name with the sharing link automatically hyperlinked in). This is the only place that this functionality is (currently) available from the sharing dialog.
There is also a feature in the Outlook Web App that will do something similar though. If you paste a sharing link into OWA, OWA will detect the sharing link and replace it with a Document name + hyperlink.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask, we’re here to help you further if needed.
Your VAF Team.
