When we launched file uploads and attachments last month, we heard your feedback that you’d also like to be able to see PDF files in-line with other page content. As of today, you can do exactly that!
After you’ve attached a PDF to a page, right click it to open your display options. Select "Embed,” and resize as desired. Be advised that the file has to finish uploading for the “Embed” option to be available.
Pro tip: This also works for mp4 files!
You can still click on the file to view it in the light box, or right click to download. Cheers!
Think of it like a webpage referencing a large image, the page will load, but you may notice a time lag while the image itself comes in. So it shouldn’t affect the doc load time, but the attachment itself might need some more time to come in if it’s large.
When I embed a PDF, and create a new PDF of the entire document… the embedded one shows up as a blank space. Is it possible to insert pdf pages into our coda that would show up upon final export (to a PDF)?
Are there any requirements for the pdf-file-Format…? Most pdf are displayed without any problems. But I’ve got at least two files, where coda reacts a bit miffed and just shows the can’t-be-embed-middlefinger:
The pdf was made with InDesign, not mine, and I tried to “trick” and build a new pdf - but couldn’t fix it yet, I have only found out, that PDFs made with pages (MacOS) lead to the same result.
What do I have to pay attention to in the settings?
PDF-A? no PDF-A?
Pro tip: This also works for mp4 files!