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How to link to a pdf or other file

Step-by-step tutorial using Plone 3.0

  1. Make your file web-ready by reducing file size, using portable formatting, and ensuring that it is not copyrighted (or that you have permission of the copyright holder to reproduce it).
  2. Enter your user name and password and log in.
  3. Navigate to the folder where you want to link the file.
  4. Click the "Add New. . ." menu, and select "File."
  5. The Add File box will appear. Fill in a Title and Description, and browse to locate the file.
  6. Click Save. The file now is uploaded to your Plone site, and appears in the navigation. (If you don't want the file to appear in the navigation, edit its settings.)
  7. Return to the location where you want to add the link. Click the EditTab tab.
  8. Select the text that will become the link.
  9. Click the Internal link icon. InternalLinkThe Internal link dialog box will appear. 
  10. Select the file to link.
  11. Click OK.
  12. Click Save.