Office Documents
Google Docs and Microsoft Office Documents can be both local files as well as live files.
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You can always upload these files to the library where our server will process them into images, but sometimes you want to link to a file directly, say on a Google Drive so you can edit it and have the changes go live right away.
Our app, on these platforms, does not have a viewer for these formats by default, but it is possible to leverage Google Docs or Microsoft Office online viewers.
- Append your file address to this URL: https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=YOUR_FILE_URL
- Make sure that it works in the browser, for example, https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/torman_personal/files/samplepptx.pptx
- Paste the resulting URL to our website plugin
- Append your file address to this URL: https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=YOUR_FILE_URL
- Make sure that it works in the browser, for example, https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/torman_personal/files/samplepptx.pptx
- Paste the resulting URL to our website plugin
What plugin should I use for Live files?
To be able to show live Google Docs and Microsoft Office Documents you need our Website Plugin, add that to your slide and follow the guides above.
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