Any text you have written, or any document you have created, should have been saved as a PDF file. (Refer to Prepare Documents)  To add a PDF file to a post, click after the text you wrote, then click on the [Add Media] button.

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Click on the [Select Files] button and navigate to  your Google Drive project folder. Open the documents folder, select your PDF file, then click open.

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Your PDF file will now be in your WordPress Media Library. Change the title to the title of the document, then type a brief description in the Alt Text field.  When you are done, click the [Insert into page] button.

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When you add a PDF document to a page in WordPress it creates a link to the file. To make it easier for visitors to your website, you need to edit the link.  When you click on the link a pencil appears.

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When you click on the pencil a small gear appears. Click on the gear to edit the link.

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In the “Insert/edit link” window change the “Link Text” to something like this:
Please click here to read my TITLE.  (Substitute the name of your document for TITLE.)

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Next to “Open link in a new tab” click in the box to make a check appear, then click on the [Update] button.

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Now when someone clicks on “Please click here to read …” a new tab will open displaying your document just the way it appeared when you created it.  If someone closes the tab, they will return to your post.

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