Have a version controlled PDF document show up in multiple pages

[Lloyd Bullard]

I am redoing our companies internal documentation space in confluence. 

there are a number of policy documents in PDF, and a few excel files that the business wants to keep in those formats, have the documents appear across dozens of pages, and be version controlled. 

ideally users can click on the document link and get an immediate preview of the PDF in their browser.

I am playing with having all such documents sit on one page and show up in other pages using links, however if the document is ever updated (from say v1.0 to v1.1) and it has to be deleted and re-added there will be problems. 

what is the best way of getting this done? 

[Barbara Szczesniak · Accepted solution]

@Lloyd Bullard As @Kristian Klima mentioned, the key is to not change the name of the PDF file—so don't put v1.0 in the file name, just add the version number information in a comment on the new file version in the Attachments page. (see https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/manage-uploaded-files/)

Then, anywhere you want to refer to this PDF file, simply add a link to the attachment, as described in https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-links-and-anchors/#Link-to-attachments 

[Lloyd Bullard]

thanks this worked! 

[Kristian Klima]

Hi @Lloyd Bullard 

I'd try to address it in the source.... ensure that the link to the PDF file remains the same. 

If the PDF is version controlled and the goal is that users always access the latest version, then it'd be prudent to ensure this happens if people bookmark a link.