How do I force a hyperlinked file to download instead of opening a preview of the file?

When I hyperlink a file, (pdf, txt, etc) it opens a preview of the file rather than just starting the download, I am wondering how to accomplish this.
Example of what I am looking to do....
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html
When you click "Download Chrome" it opens a window asking if you want to download, then when you click yes it downloads the file.
I would like to do exactly that or force the download immediately without the pop up dialog box.
Thanks!

You may use the HTML5 download attribute like so: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_download.asp
<a href="path/to/file" download>Click here to download</a>
for more details : HTML a download Attribute

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