How to print a view only downloaded file

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Watch our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Joined Apr 13, Messages Hi All Just wondering if any one knows how to change a doc setting so i can print view only docs.

I've managed to restrict download and print for MS office files like word, excel and powerpoint using view only permission and IRM. My main purpose is that a person under a group with view only permissions should be able to view the PDF file in the browser, but not download or print the file. I noticed that upon doing this the PDF file says it is protected and cannot be downloaded by another user with view only permissions.

Normally if you used view only permission you will restrict the group members who have view only permission from downloading the files, so theres no need to use both view only permission and IRm policy.

When we apply the view only permission to PDF files, we are not able to download the files using Edge and Chrome because with those browsers, the PDF files open in the browser by default. This is the issue most of us posting are having but the same responses regarding View Only keep coming up. Hitting the three dots will always show the "download" link no matter what. View only does NOT work. What I really want to understand, are answers such as this: "Any document that has a server-side file handler can be viewed in the browser but not downloaded.

File types that do not have a server-side file handler such as pdf files, video files, png files, etc. How is that not a server side file handler? Why can't SharePoint simply restrict access to "Preview Only"? EneaAntonicelli I don't get the download option with 'Restricted view'. You can see it yourself:. It's rubbish. It does not work as intended. The restricted view wont even let users access the library. This whole application is garbage to be honest. How long has this been around without Microsoft addressing basic issues.

The movement of folders for example. It is absolute hell. Whether you do it in modern view, or in file explorer, you either cannot access parent directories, or files just vanish without the system generating a debuggable error. Microsoft is useless when it comes to questions such as this. It's infuriating. Then apply 'Restricted View' or 'View Only' per library or per folder. Not fun but it seems to work.

Already tried. I am not sure if the people that give these suggestions out in the forums above not you, the links actually test their advice. I created a custom permission level and spent 3 hours individually trying different combinations of permissions.

Again, microsoft stated this is a known issue due to the fact that PDFs and other files have no server-side file handlers. There is no way to do this and actually limit downloading. Sharing files, folders, and list items in OneDrive.

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