Link to document in website without requiring download of file

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    aschmidtsoc · Member ·

    I am uploading an internship announcement file into an existing page. When I ‘Add Media’ and drop the file it inserts a hyperlink to the document however, this creates one more step where I am taken to another page to click on the document which then downloads. Question: Is there an option to eliminate the middle step and have the hyper link simply open the document within the site?

    Thanks!

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    prodiniz · Member ·

    Hey aschmidtsoc,

    I’m assuming that after you click the ‘Add Media’ button you’re then using the ‘Add via URL’ button to link your document. This would explain why you’re being redirected to an external link where you then have to download the file.

    It sounds to me like you’re asking how to embed a document like .doc or .txt so these instructions will be slightly subjective to that end, but I will also link to other formats so you can check those out too.

    How to embed files using WordPress shortcodes:
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/

    If you scroll down you’ll hopefully come across the file type you’re trying to embed.

    Additionally if you’re trying to embed an Microsoft Word document, try this. It works great.:
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/word-web-app/

    For the above link, you WILL need to log in to OneDrive with your Microsoft account (or create one if you don’t have one) and upload your Word document, but once you have it’s a very simple process to get the embed code and paste it in your WordPress editor.

    I hope that helps and best of luck. :)

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