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nathaliei32568921
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August 25, 2016
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How can I embed a PDF into gmail

  • August 25, 2016
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Hello Everyone, I have a PDF I created on Illustrator, I sent  it to Adobe Acrobat to add the links and the last details, but now I need to embed the PDF onto a gmail email I'm sending out. Do you have any suggestions?

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andrea27068288b043
New Participant
November 10, 2022

I found a great work around since you still can't embed a PDF in gmail.  Do a Print Screen (ctrl & prt scrn) of your PDF and paste it into Windows Paint.  Crop the image to elimitate the desktop banners etc that you don't want included and save the document as a JPEG.  I have sent numerous event flyers through GMail using this method and it looks professional.

    try67
    try67
    Community Expert
    November 10, 2022

    Sure, you can do that, but what if someone wants to search the file? They can't do that in a JPEG.

    Or print it (in decent quality)?

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      Alan25493381h7rr
      New Participant
      November 12, 2022
      I used to really like Outlook - used it for decades. Then GMail came along
      and it's web portability trumped Outlook, but its features are crap.
      Alan

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      Alan25493381h7rr
      New Participant
      August 2, 2022

      Take a screen shot of the pdf if it fits the screen and paste as image into body of gmail.

      Bernd Alheit
      Bernd Alheit
      Community Expert
      August 25, 2016

      This is not possible. You can attach the PDF file to the email.

      Ernst Design LLC
      Ernst Design LLC
      Known Participant
      March 26, 2018

      That is a NON-Answer. Nathalie asked specifically: “I need to embed the PDF onto a gmail”.

      She wants it to appear like a Constant Contact email or Mail Chimp email where the body is based on the PDF both in function and aesthetically.  To asnwer this correctly is to say that Gmail does not allow that function at this time. They suggest converting the PDF to a jpeg and placing that into the body of the email or just attaching it.

      The problem with placing it as a jpeg is that any interactiveity programmed into the PDF is lost and it is also not ADA compliant since readers for web browsers can’t read text that has been converted into an image. If it is an attachment, you get less clicks to read whatever information is contained within the PDF. Less than 15% on average.

      I realize gmail is only one mail server but this issue exists across many email platforms Including Outlook. Essentially everyone is looking for the poorman’s Constant Contact.

        try67
        try67
        Community Expert
        March 27, 2018

        It's not possible to do that in Gmail. You can ask the Google developers to add this feature. It has nothing to do with Adobe.

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