Download pdf with button click??

hi again guys,
i have a pdf in my public_html and a button on my site that links to a PDF but when i click the button it opens the PDF in a browser window,
is there a way to save directly to the desktop?
without opening in a browser window or zipping the file?
thanks Mr A

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