How to embed a PDF in Blogger

I recently needed a way to embed a PDF file into a Blogger post. Simply put, sometimes when I'm around the internet it's easier to create a PDF using Chrome's print to PDF function versus a screenshot which might not catch the whole page.

So I searched the interwebz. There were many websites purporting to know how to embed PDFs as view-able media by uploading the PDF to free hosting sites or Google Pages (Sites) or a variety of other avenues to approach this problem.

Most of them relied on Google Drive and getting a link to the PDF file from the share function and linking to the file on Drive. But that's not what I wanted to do, I wanted the PDF embedded in the blog post just like a picture or video. Unfortunately, you cannot load a PDF using the image uploader tool in Blogger. File type not supported and all that.

However, it's a lot easier than the internet would have us believe.

Tools Needed:

1. PDF file
2. Google Drive (Gmail account)
3. Blogger (Gmail account)
4. Basic Computer Skills

The 6 Steps to Happiness:

1. Upload the PDF file to Google Drive. This can happen a number of ways, the easiest of course, is to use the Drive desktop folder with a simple drag-and-drop. The second easiest is to open Drive in the browser and use the upload tool there. Or, just FOLLOW THIS LINK
2. Open the PDF file you're looking to embed. Down in the lower right hand corner will be a OPEN button. Click on that pretty blue (as of this posting) button. The PDF should open as a PDF with a series of Menu options under the file's name: FILE, EDIT, VIEW and HELP.
3. Click FILE. Go ahead and click it, you won't hurt anything. About mid-way down there will be an option to "Embed this PDF FIle." That's what you're looking for. 
4. Select "Embed this PDF File" and a window will pop up with some iframe code. Highlight the code and copy it. The code shouldn't be more than a couple of lines or so. You can also customize the height and width of the PDF here. 
5. Now head on over to Blogger and create a new post. Under the Blog's name are Compose and HTML. Choose HTML and paste the code. 
6. Save. Preview. Open Blog. Whatever. It should be right there.

You can then create a post before or after the PDF, or just leave it as a PDF.

If you don't want to read all the above (he he he) then just watch this 4 minute video:

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