How to view OneDrive file location in Word?

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Overview

When opening a OneDrive document in the desktop version of Word it may be difficult to determine the full file location. The default displayed path name includes only the owner's display name and not the full web address to the document. This article details how to get a link to the full web address to the open file.

 

Instructions

Note: if the document has been recently opened, this information is also available by right clicking on the document in the "Recent" list and selecting "Copy path to clipboard".

To view the full web address of the active document, click on the top left "File" menu.

This image locates the file menu button.

Select the Info tab and click on either "Copy path" or "Open file location".

This image highlights the copy path and open file location buttons.

The output from "Copy path" will look similar to this:

https://vandalsuidaho-my.sharepoint.com/personal/jvandal_uidaho_edu/Documents/Testing.docx?web=1

 

 

 

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Article ID: 2310
Created
Tue 9/13/22 5:53 PM
Modified
Fri 3/22/24 7:02 PM