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.

Extension stats

By: jftuga
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 5.00 (4)
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

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Extension summary

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

awesome! solved much hassle with sharepoint collaborative work!
by Sandro, 2024-08-30

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!
by Yingfen Yi (Louise), 2023-09-18

Sometimes Microsoft's decisions are annoying. This extension makes one of them less annoying.
by Josh White, 2020-12-10
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Extension safety

Risk impact

SPO View It requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

SPO View It has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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