I don't know what a widget is and I'm not very computer savvy, can I talk with

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  sheilataube · Member · Jul 29, 2014 at 4:37 am

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  I have a word document that I want to download onto my blog spot and have people upload (or download?) for their reading.

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  sheilataube · Member · Jul 29, 2014 at 4:38 am

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  I have no idea what any of this is. Can I talk with someone?

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  thenakedlistener · Member · Jul 29, 2014 at 4:44 am

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  You can upload several kinds of filetypes in your blog posts and static pages.

  The supported filetypes are listed here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/accepted-filetypes/

  This is the way to upload documents: http://en.support.wordpress.com/uploading-documents/

  Other commenters may come along with a better answer than mine.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 29, 2014 at 4:51 am

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  Look, start here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/introduction/
  and http://learn.wordpress.com

  Also: Word is a terrible program that will cause you a ton of problems with your blog. If you want to write offline, use Windows Live Writer or some other offline blog editor program.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jul 29, 2014 at 7:10 am

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  IMNSHO
  I’d use Scribd with a PDF file.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/scribd/

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jul 29, 2014 at 7:24 am

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  BTW (by the way)
  Here is a lexicon (dictionary) to help with the jargon folks use on WordPress.com: http://en.support.wordpress.com/lexicon/

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  Widget: A self-contained area of a web page that performs a specific function. For example, you can use a widget to display your Twitter feed in your site’s sidebar.

  In your case, you have widgets in your sidebar which have nothing to do with Twitter. You have a picture of yourself, some contact information (email address), a facebook link to your book, Recent Posts, and Recent Comments. Here is more information about other widgets you might want (or could use) in your sidebar: http://en.support.wordpress.com/category/widgets-sidebar http://en.support.wordpress.com/category/widgets-sidebars/

  And as long as I’m expressing opinions and advice, I will mention that you should investigate using the contact form from WordPress.com rather than putting your email into your sidebar. It will protect you from many junk messages and spammers: http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/