How can I insert a word file as the contents of a page?

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  hedgerowdesign · Member · Apr 26, 2012 at 2:04 am

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  Greetings!

  I’m adding a new page “Test”. I want Test to display the contents of a word file.

  I go to “add media”. I select a file (in this case, a word document of 120KB).
  I choose the file and I upload it.
  The filename appears 1a hr website pages design 1 homepage 120425 2110
  the file details appear: here they are

  File name: 1a-hr-website-pages-design-1-homepage-120425-21109.doc

  File type: application/msword

  Upload date: April 26, 2012

  So far so good… but then I close the box, and update the page and… nothing
  The document does not show up in the page

  Any help will be most gratefully accepted!

  Many thanks,
  Simon
  Blog url: http://hedgerowdesign.wordpress.com/

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  kardotim · Member · Apr 26, 2012 at 9:33 am

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  It might be that you haven’t clicked on the [Insert into Post] button yet.

  If you wish to embed the actual document into a post or page, you can use external services such as Scribd or Slideshare.

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  hedgerowdesign · Member · Apr 26, 2012 at 12:40 pm

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  Thanks Kardotim for the prompt reply!

  Yes, you are right. I am trying to embed a document in a page (in fact, I want the whole page to be the document). I did not realize that the “add media” does NOT allow embedding a document into a page, but only the link.

  Best,
  Simon