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How to feature a PDF in your mailing

While you can’t embed a PDF into your campaign, there are three ways you can still include the PDF content.

1. Upload the PDF to your document library and link to it

For this option, you simply need to upload the PDF to your document library and then create a link for it within your campaign. This is the best option because it has the added bonus of allowing you to track who clicks on the PDF link. For more information about using your document library and creating links, please refer to the following articles:

2. Convert the PDF to an image

For this option, you would first save the PDF as an image file and then add it to an image block within your mailing. This option is doable, but there are some drawbacks. If you save and send the PDF as one large image file, this can affect your delivery rates, since many servers will quarantine or reject emails coming through with only images and no text. It can also be difficult to read since there is a limit to how wide the image can be. Plus, each image can only be linked to one place, so if you’re sending out one big image file, only that image file as a whole can be clickable; which means that you aren’t able to link text to different places on the file, such as a website or an email address.

3. Recreate the PDF in the editor

The third option is to recreate the look of the PDF with the drag and drop editor. To do this, you’d first create a layout that best matches the design of the PDF, then build the campaign to look as close to your PDF as possible using text blocks and images. This is basically a workaround where you’ll attempt to simulate the look of the PDF by creating it as a new mailing. Doing so is probably the closest option to being able to truly embed a PDF into your campaign.

* In April 2022, our legacy editor was replaced with a new drag and drop editor. Accounts that existed prior to this change still have access to the legacy editor through their previously saved templates and campaigns, however new, from-scratch campaigns can only be created in the new drag and drop editor. Accounts that were created after this change only have access to the new drag and drop editor. Please refer to our new editor FAQ article for more information.