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Click Publish.
5.
If the draft has the same name as an existing file on your website, the Replace File dialog
box appears.
If the Replace File dialog box appears, select to either replace the existing file with the one you
6.
are trying to publish or leave the existing file on the website and publish the new file with a
similar filename, and then click OK.
The file is added to your website. Remember the web address (URL) for the page or go ahead
and link the new page from another page, so that you can easily get back to it.
Tip: Use Contribute to edit this file after you publish. Changes you make to the original file on your
computer after publishing do not appear on your website.
Related topics
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"Adding Microsoft Word and Excel documents to a website" on page 71

Replacing a file on your website

You can replace a file on your website with a file on your computer.
For example, suppose you post the quarterly earnings spreadsheet on your website each quarter.
You can easily replace the current live version with the new spreadsheet saved on your computer.
There are two ways to replace a file:
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Publish the file directly from your computer.
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Link to the file from a draft.
To replace an existing file on your website by publishing another file directly from your
computer:
Select File > Publish File from My Computer.
1.
The Select File dialog box appears.
Select the file you want to add to the website, and then click Select File.
2.
Note: You cannot select HTML, executable, or template files. If you select an invalid file type,
Contribute warns that you cannot select this file and provides a complete list of invalid file types.
If you have connections to more than one website, the Select Website dialog box appears.
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