# How to display uploaded pdf file

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**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-display-uploaded-pdf-file/6521 "2020-04-06T19:27:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-display-uploaded-pdf-file/6521/2 "2020-04-06T19:31:18Z")

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I know there are various hacks in Glide to show PDFs. If you want a surefire way, there’s this hack, too:

> [@Using PDF in the app](https://community.glideapps.com/t/using-pdf-in-the-app/4957/6):
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> Using Cloudinary to generate a thumb from your PDF and display in Glide: Upload a PDF to Cloudinary Insert PDF link in Google Sheets Replace .pdf with .png (or .jpeg) manually or via formula [Screen Shot 2020-02-26 at 3.32.54 PM] Create a component that displays the image and links to the PDF [Screen Shot 2020-02-26 at 3.33.41 PM]

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