Embedded Files
You can only embed images directly in New Sites. To embed documents you can upload them to Google Drive, share them publicly* and insert them using the From Drive option in the INSERT menu.
You can only embed images directly in New Sites. To embed documents you can upload them to Google Drive, share them publicly* and insert them using the From Drive option in the INSERT menu.
See also a PDF example
See also a PDF example
Here are some more detailed instructions from sites guru Steegle:
Here are some more detailed instructions from sites guru Steegle:
Embed PDFs and Word Documents in Google Sites (works for PowerPoints too)
Embed PDFs and Word Documents in Google Sites (works for PowerPoints too)
*You can also publish the document in order to embed it into your site. See this information from a docs help file:
*You can also publish the document in order to embed it into your site. See this information from a docs help file:
To make a document, spreadsheet, or presentation, available for a large audience to see, publish a file. After you publish your file, you’ll have a URL that you can send to anyone or embed into your website.
To make a document, spreadsheet, or presentation, available for a large audience to see, publish a file. After you publish your file, you’ll have a URL that you can send to anyone or embed into your website.
The sharing for the document is Let people edit without signing in
Visitors can edit the document by hovering over the document and clicking the icon to open it for editing.
Also you can embed a link to the Document. Link
To embed a PDF I uploaded it to Google Drive and set its sharing to public. Then on the Insert menu I selected "From Drive" and selected the PDF.
To embed a PDF I uploaded it to Google Drive and set its sharing to public. Then on the Insert menu I selected "From Drive" and selected the PDF.
Viewers can click the 'POP-OUT' icon. At the resultant page they can select to print the page(s) they want.
Viewers can click the 'POP-OUT' icon. At the resultant page they can select to print the page(s) they want.
PDFs show the top part on mobile, phone and tablet, and the user must click to see the full PDF.
PDFs show the top part on mobile, phone and tablet, and the user must click to see the full PDF.
See also This Article from Steegle
See also This Article from Steegle
Instead of embedding the document you can insert a link to it as shown here.
Get the link to the file, like https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B28Gtf1n8u8DSUd0VVdUNENRaWc/view?usp=sharing
In a text box put the text you want, like "PDF File".
Highlight the text, click the link icon and insert the link to the file.
To download this file click the link above and then click the download icon on the result.
You can also use an image as a link. Insert image, click it and use the link option in the edit area.
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