SPO View It

Force SharePoint Online to Reading View

What is SPO View It?

"SPO View It" is a Chrome extension that provides a beneficial utility for SharePoint Online users. Sometimes, SharePoint Online might default to opening a Word or Excel document in the Editing View. However, this extension helps users by ensuring that these documents open in the more convenient Reading View, hence improving their browsing and reading experience on SharePoint Online.

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By: jftuga

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 5.00 (3)

Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2020-07-09)

Creation date: 2018-06-01

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

webRequest
webRequestBlocking
https://*.sharepoint.com/*

Size: 21.05K

Email: ta*****@gmail.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 27645 ▲ 58

Other rankings

#5820 in Developer Tools ▼ 11

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SharePoint Online View It

Sometimes SharePoint Online defaults to opening a Word or Excel document in the Editing View instead of the preferred Reading View. This extension forces Reading View.

User reviews

When opening a file in sharepoint, it's easy to make some changes by accident as it opens in editing mode by default. With this extension I can always open in view mode and don't need to worry about it anymore!

Yingfen Yi (Louise), 2023-09-18

Sometimes Microsoft's decisions are annoying. This extension makes one of them less annoying.

Josh White, 2020-12-10

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Safety

Risk impact

SPO View It is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install SPO View It if you trust the publisher.