{"id":2891,"date":"2010-06-21T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2010\/06\/21\/specifying-a-view-in-technet-and-msdn-uris\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:05:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T20:05:53","slug":"specifying-a-view-in-technet-and-msdn-uris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/specifying-a-view-in-technet-and-msdn-uris\/","title":{"rendered":"Specifying a View in TechNet and MSDN URIs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[This isn&#8217;t only a PowerShell topic, but I&#8217;ve been asked a few times, so I thought I post the answer here.]<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve visited TechNet or MSDN lately, you&#8217;ll notice that there are new view options for the pages. TechNet has a new ScriptFree view, in addition to the familiar Classic view. MSDN has two new views, ScriptFree and Lightweight.<\/p>\n<p>When you change your page view, your preference is saved and new pages that you open are shown in the saved view until you change your view again.<\/p>\n<p>If you are linking to a page, you can specify a view in the link. This allows you to determine how users see the linked page. For example, the lightweight view might make MSDN reference pages easier for non-programmers to read. However, using a view-specific link changes the user&#8217;s view preference, so some users might not appreciate your efforts.<\/p>\n<p>To specify a view in a URI link, add a view specifier in parentheses before the <b>.aspx<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&middot; To specify Classic view: <b>(classic) <br \/><\/b>For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd347576(classic).aspx\">http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd347576(classic).aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&middot; To specify ScriptFree view: <b>(loband) <br \/><\/b>For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd347576(loband).aspx\">http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd347576(loband).aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&middot; To specify Lightweight view (MSDN only): <b>(lightweight) <br \/><\/b>For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/system.io.fileinfo(lightweight).aspx\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/system.io.fileinfo(lightweight).aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To change your page view:<\/p>\n<p>&middot; In Classic or ScriptFree view, in the upper right corner of the page, click the view name.<\/p>\n<p>&middot; In Lightweight view, in the upper right corner of the page, click <b>Preferences<\/b>, and then click the view name.<\/p>\n<p>We haven&#8217;t yet found a way to specify a view in a redirectible link, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=113309\">http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=113309<\/a>, but if you find a method that works, please add it to the comments below and I&#8217;ll update the blog.<\/p>\n<p>June Blender [MSFT] <br \/>Windows PowerShell Documentation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[This isn&#8217;t only a PowerShell topic, but I&#8217;ve been asked a few times, so I thought I post the answer here.] If you&#8217;ve visited TechNet or MSDN lately, you&#8217;ll notice that there are new view options for the pages. 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