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Adding Pages and Documents

With Macromedia Contribute you can add pages to your website. You can create a copy of a page, create a blank page, create a copy of a sample page, or create a page based on a template. After you create a page, you can change its properties, or even add keywords or a description for the page so that website visitors can use a search engine to find the page.

In addition to creating web pages, you can add content from existing documents to your website. If you are using Contribute for Windows, the easiest way for you to add any printable document to your site is to convert it to Macromedia FlashPaper. FlashPaper documents load quickly, are cross-platform and can be viewed in any browser that supports Flash. You can easily exchange documents without having to worry about whether your site visitors have the same applications or can open your posted documents. For information about creating a FlashPaper document, see Converting a document to FlashPaper (Windows only).

As a Microsoft Windows user you can also import the content of a Microsoft Word or Excel document directly into a Contribute draft. Contribute converts the content to HTML and retains the style elements of the original document. For information about importing the content of Microsoft Office documents in a page, see Adding Word or Excel content to a page (Windows only)

All Contribute users can create links to external documents, such as Microsoft Office documents, text files, or PDF files that your website visitors can download and view. For information about creating a link to a document, see Linking to a file on your computer.

Contribute makes the new page or document live on your website when you publish it (see Publishing Your Page).

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