How to Put a Word Document on Your Website

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This wikiHow teaches you how to embed a Word document in your website. On Google Sites, you can embed an image of the Word document directly into the page, while WordPress and self-hosted sites will require you to upload the Word document and then place a link to it in your webpage's text.

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Using Google Sites

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  1. Go to https://drive.google.com/ in your web browser. This will open your Google account's Drive contents if you're logged in.
    • If you aren't logged in, enter your email address and password first.
    • You may need to click Go to Google Drive before proceeding.
  2. It's a blue button in the upper-left corner of the page. A drop-down menu will appear.
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  3. This is in the drop-down menu. Doing so will open a window.
  4. Double-click the Word file that you want to embed on your website. This will prompt it to upload into Google Drive.
    • It shouldn't take more than a few seconds for most Word documents to upload to Drive.
  5. Go to https://sites.google.com/new in your web browser.
    • If you aren't logged into your Google account when you do this, you'll be prompted to enter your email address and password before continuing.
  6. Click on the Google Site on which you want to insert the Word document.
  7. Scroll down until you arrive on the page on which you want to insert the Word document.
  8. It's in the upper-left side of the Google Sites window.
  9. This option is below the "Google Drive" heading near the top of the page.
  10. In the right-hand column, click the document that you want to insert.
  11. It's in the lower-right corner of the page. This will place the Word document on your website.
  12. Click and drag the top or bottom of the document to adjust its vertical size, or click and drag one of its sides to adjust the overall size of the document on your site.
  13. It's the purple button in the top-right corner of the page. This will update your website with your uploaded document; you should now be able to see your Word document embedded in your Google Site.
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Using WordPress

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  1. Go to https://wordpress.com/ in your web browser. While you can't embed an image of your document on a WordPress domain, you can embed a link that downloads the WordPress file when clicked.
    • If you aren't logged into your WordPress account, first click Log In in the top-right corner of the page, then enter your email address and password.
  2. It's in the upper-left corner of the WordPress page. Doing so will load your site's page.
  3. This option is in the upper-left side of the page.
  4. It's in the upper-right side of the page. This will take you to your site.
  5. Click the tab for the page on which you want to insert your Word document link; you'll usually find these tabs at the top of the page.
  6. You'll find this option in the bottom-right side of the page.
  7. Click on the page the place in which you want to insert a link for your Word document.
  8. This is a button on the left side of the page. A pop-up menu will appear.
  9. It's an option near the top of the pop-up menu. Doing so opens a page with all of your website's stored media.
  10. This is in the upper-left side of the page that opens.
  11. Click the Word document that you want to use on your site, then click Open in the bottom-right corner of the window. This will upload the Word document to the storage section of WordPress.
  12. Click the Word document to do so.
  13. It's in the bottom-right side of the window. This will insert a link to your Word document.
  14. If you want the link text to say something other than the Word document's name, select the link once, click the pencil-shaped icon next to the link that appears, change the text in the "Link Text" field, and click Save .
  15. It's a blue button in the top-right corner of the page. This will update your website with your uploaded document, allowing you to click the embedded link to download the Word document.
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Using a Hosted Website

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  1. When hosting your own website, you should have a folder that contains the resources (e.g., pictures) that appear on your website. You'll need to place your Microsoft Word document in this folder.
    • This step will depend heavily upon the software that you use to host your website.
  2. Again, this step will depend on the software that you use to host your website, but you can usually find the address in a URL bar at the top of the page. Click and drag your mouse across the address to select it, then press Ctrl + C (Windows) or ⌘ Command + C (Mac).
  3. Open the text or HTML document in which your website's code is stored.
  4. Find the place in which you want to insert the link for your Word document, then click that place.
  5. Type in <a href= into your text editor.
  6. Press Ctrl + V (Windows) or ⌘ Command + V (Mac).
  7. Type in > to close the tag. You should now have a line of text that reads <a href= link > here.
  8. Type in the text that you want to use as the link on which someone clicks. You'll do this immediately after the closed HREF tag.
    • For example, if you want people to click on a link that says "click here", you'd have <a href= link >click here written.
  9. On the right side of the link text that you want to use, type in </a> and press ↵ Enter . This completes the link.
    • Your line of text should now look like this: <a href= link >click here</a>
  10. Once the website's code is updated, you should be able to click the link that you just introduced to download the Word document.
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    My Word file gets corrupted, what can I do?
    Richard Marczewski Jr.
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    Richard Marczewski Jr. is a Digital Media Specialist and owner of Creativity Scientist in Worcester, Massachusetts. With over 10 years of experience, he specializes in marketing, digital media, and content creation. He works with businesses as their outsourced storytelling partner and offers website development, videography, and e-commerce solutions. He started the hipster mustache trend in 2006 and is a classic Nintendo expert. Richard has an MBA in Management from Fitchburg State University.
    Richard Marczewski Jr.
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    You can provide a backup format like a PDF version of the document. PDF files are much more universally accessible and keep the formatting intact. This way, even if someone doesn’t have Word installed, they can still view and use your content. Another option is to take screenshots of each page of the Word document and save them as JPEGs or PNGs.
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    Try putting target="_blank" as one of the attributes in your tag if you have one.
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