Adding Word Or Excel Content To A Page; Inserting A Link To A Word Or Excel Document - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE-USING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

Adding Word or Excel content to a page

You can add the contents of a Word or Excel document to a new or existing web page.
Note: The file size, after Contribute converts it to HTML, must be less than 300K.
When you add content to a page, Contribute converts the content to HTML and copies it to
your web page. You can edit the content in Contribute; changes you make to the original file on
your computer will not appear on your website.
Note: If you use Microsoft Office 97, you cannot add the contents of a Word or Excel document; you must insert a
link to the document. For information, see "Inserting a link to a Word or Excel document" on page 54.
To add the contents of a Word or Excel document to a new or existing web page:
Do one of the following to select the page where you want the content to appear:
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Browse to an existing web page, click the Edit Page button, then place the insertion point in
the draft where you want to add the content.
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Create a new page (see "Creating or copying a page on your website" on page 45).
Do one of the following to select the file:
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Drag the file from its current location to your Contribute draft where you want the content to
appear. If the Insert Microsoft Word or Excel Document dialog box appears, click Insert the
contents of the document into this page, then click OK.
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Select Insert > Microsoft Word Document or Insert > Microsoft Excel Document. In the
Open dialog box, browse to the file you want to add, then click Open.
The contents of the Word or Excel document appears in your draft.

Inserting a link to a Word or Excel document

You can insert a link to a Microsoft Word or Excel document in an existing page.
When you publish the page with the link, Contribute copies the Word or Excel document into
your website, and then links to that copy (not to the original file on your computer).
Note: To edit content in the linked page after you publish, see "Editing content in an external application" on page
42. Changes you make to the original file will not appear on your website.
To create a link to a Word or Excel document:
Browse to an existing page where you want the link to appear, then click the Edit Page button
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in the toolbar.
Do one of the following to select the file:
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Drag the file from its current location to your Contribute draft where you want the link to
appear. If the Insert Microsoft Word or Excel Document dialog box appears, click Create a
link to the document, then click OK.
Note: The link text will be the name of the file you link to. To change link text after you create the link, see
"Changing link text and destination" on page 115.
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