Let’s say you want to add an article to your WordPress site. You want it to print “just right”, so simply pasting the content into a new page or post won’t work. What’s the best solution?
Create a PDF file and upload it to your site.
Don’t know how to do that? Here is a simple guide.
There are two stages to add PDF files to your pages.
- Make the PDF (if your file is already in PDF format you can skip to stage 2).
- Upload the PDF to WordPress.
Here is a quick guide:
Mac Instructions:
- Open your document in Microsoft Word (or whatever word processor you use).
- Go to file -> print.
- Click PDF (Instead of selecting your default printer).
- Click Print -> Save as PDF.
- Pick a file name and location for your new PDF (The easiest place to find the file is either in Documents or on your desktop).
- Open the PDF in Preview to make sure the PDF looks just right.
- You’re done. 🙂
Windows Instructions:
- Download CutePDF (free).
- Install CutePDF (you may need to reboot your computer).
- Open your document in Microsoft Word (or whatever word processor you use).
- Go to file -> print.
- Select the CutePDF printer (Instead of selecting your default printer).
- Click “Print”.
- Pick a file name and location for your new PDF (The easiest place to find the file is either in “My Documents” or on your desktop).
- Open the PDF in Acrobat Reader to make sure the PDF looks just right.
- You’re done. 🙂
Check back on Thursday for step 2, uploading the file to WordPress.
Questions? Leave us a comment.
Hi,
Another variant to use PDF’s is Yumpu.
You can upload your PDF’s into a Epaper and then you can use it.
Tom