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At times it is required to have the option to save a copy of a document uploaded in SharePoint document library, in a page or a webpart. The url to get the save option for a doc is - http:// site /_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl= url-of-document-in-library Change the bold text with the actual url, i.e., with the site url and the url to the doc in the doc library. For example, if the site is www.contso.com and the doc "Test" is uploaded in SiteAssets library, the url to save a copy would be - http://contso.com/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=http://contso.com/SiteAssets/Test.docx

Best bets in Sharepoint 2010 are changed to promoted results in SharePoint 2013. The links added in promoted results are shown above the ranked results. For example, if the 'Office Policies' doc has to be displayed on top, whenever the user types in 'Office', the link to the doc is provided in promoted results. The user would be able to see the doc link on top of the ranked results. The below steps show how to configure promoted results at a site collection level Go to Site settings - Site Collection Administration - Search Query Rules In the Manage Query Rules window, select Local SharePoint Result from the drop-down of context. Then click on the New Query rule and provide the following information. Rule Name Query Matches Keyword: The keyword for which the promoted link is to be added is given. More than one keyword can be given. For e.g. office; policies. Click on Add Promoted results and add the following information in the modal window and save Title: T