How to Embed on Facebook From Scribd
With a Facebook account, you can easily share links, content, photos and videos with your Facebook friends. Unfortunately, if you want to share another kind of file, such as a Word document, a PDF or a spreadsheet, you can't upload it directly to Facebook. As an easy alternative, you can first upload your document to Scribd.com, a free online file-storage service, then connect your Scribd account to your Facebook so that Scribd can post a link to your document on your Facebook wall.
Instructions
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Click the "Log In" link in the upper right corner of the Scribd.com homepage, then click the "Already Have a Scribd Account?" link in the dialog box that appears.
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Hover your cursor over your name in the upper right corner, then click "Settings" in the drop-down menu that appears.
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Click the "Sharing" tab in the Settings menu.
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Click the "Link Account" link beneath the "Facebook" column and follow the instructions in the pop-up window that appears to grant Scribd access to your Facebook account.
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Click the "Save Changes" button beneath the form to apply the changes to your account.
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Click the blue "Upload" button at the top of homepage. The page redirects to the document-uploading form.
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Select the radio button next to the method you want to use to upload your document to Scribd. Upload a document on your hard drive, import a document from a Google Docs account or type the content of your document directly into the "Enter Text" form.
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Follow the on-screen instructions to submit your document to the Scribd.com servers.
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Click "OK" to agree to the Scribd.com terms of service in the pop-up box that appears when prompted.
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Customize your uploaded document by typing a title, tags and description, and by choosing an appropriate category from the "Category" drop-down menu.
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Check the box in the "Share" section beneath the document-customization form next to the blue square Facebook logo.
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Click the "Save" button beneath the form if you're uploading the document from your hard drive or importing from Google Docs. Click "Submit" if you're entering the document's content directly in the "Enter Text" form.
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Check your Facebook wall or news feed to ensure that you embedded your Scribd document into Facebook correctly.
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Tips & Warnings
Log in to Scribd with your Facebook account by clicking the blue "Login With Facebook" button in the upper right corner of the homepage. The first time you log in this way, a pop-up window appears, prompting you to authorize Scribd to connect to your Facebook account. Click "Allow"; the pop-up window closes when you successfully log in.
If you upload your document from a Google Docs account, you must first link your Scribd account to your Google account. Click the link in the "Import Your Google Docs" section, then click the "Grant Access" button in the pop-up window that appears to grant Scribd access to Google Docs. Click the "Import" button next to the Google Docs document you want to import onto Scribd.
You can also use the Scribd Desktop Uploader to upload multiple documents to Scribed in one upload. Visit scribd.com/desktop_uploader and follow the on-screen instructions to download and install the software version appropriate for your operating system. Launch the Uploader once you successfully install it, then check the boxes next to the documents on your hard drive that you want to upload. Add descriptions, titles, tags and categories to all your documents, then click the blue "Upload" button.
