To put it another way, in order to create a connection to your document, you must first submit it to a cloud services portal such as Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Mega, and others. Following that, you use these services to make a link that allows other users to view the file stored in the cloud service.
The point and purpose of informing you of this technological information are to make you realize that you can create a connection to your document using any online service platform of your choosing. We will demonstrate how to create shared links using common platforms such as Google Drive/Docs, Microsoft OneDrive/Word, and Dropbox, but as previously stated, you can use somewhat similar steps to create links using other platforms such as Mega, MediaFire, and others.
Some advantages of sharing links instead of sharing entire documents:
- Providing a link to a document rather than the complete document can increase security. You have the option to demand permission or authentication from everyone who wants to access a link you’ve shared to a document. This can assist in preventing unauthorized access to the document and safeguarding sensitive data.
- Without having to worry about file size or email attachments, you may quickly and easily share the paper with several people or groups using a link.
Following are the steps to create a link to any documents:
Step 1: Open Chrome and Click on the Google apps in the right side corner.
Step 2: You can see the Docs option and Click on it.
Step 3: Click on the file picker which is at the next AZ option (Symbol like a folder).
Step 4: Select the upload option and then click on the browse option.
Step 5: Drop the document for which you want to create a link or click Browse to choose the path from your system and click open.
Step 6: As you can see now, your document is open.
Step 7: Click on the share option which is present in the right corner of the document.
Step 8: You can add people manually by entering their email in the “Add people and groups” field another way is to create a shareable link and share it with people.
Step 9: Selecting the link’s settings is the first step in generating a sharing link.
- Restricted: In this setting, we need to manually give permission to people who can click on the link.
- Anyone with the link: In this setting, no need to give permission manually and anyone can click the link.
Step 10: If you select the “Anyone with the link” option, you will also have the option of changing how others can engage with the document by selecting between the “Viewer,” “Commenter,” or “Editor” options.
Here, we are selecting the viewer option.
Step 11: After all settings, you can copy the link and share it with your friends or other people.
After all the steps just Click on the Done option.