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September 16, 2026
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How to bring a document into a zoom meeting?

  • September 16, 2026
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I have three documents, Word and PDF.  How do I upload those into my zoom meeting so they are available to everyone at the meeting?

    Best answer by Don.z

    Hello, ​@Dianne Thorington! Welcome to the Zoom Community!
    You have a couple of easy options here, depending on whether you want participants to have the files or simply view them during the meeting.

    1. Send the files through in-meeting chat

    If you want participants to have their own copy of the Word or PDF files, you can send them directly through the meeting chat.

    While you're in the meeting, open 'Chat' and click the file icon. From there, select the file you want to share and choose who you'd like to have access to it. Once it's sent, participants can open the file from the chat.

    This is the better option if you want everyone to be able to keep the documents and refer back to them later.

    2. Share a file during the meeting

    If you want to go through the documents together, you can share the file during the meeting instead.

    Click 'Share Screen', then select the 'Files' tab. Choose the document you want to present and start sharing. Participants will be able to view the document while you walk them through it.

    If you need a little more guidance, this article walks through both file-sharing options step by step and should help you get everything set up for your meeting. 

    4 replies

    Don.zAnswer
    Community Manager
    September 16, 2026

    Hello, ​@Dianne Thorington! Welcome to the Zoom Community!
    You have a couple of easy options here, depending on whether you want participants to have the files or simply view them during the meeting.

    1. Send the files through in-meeting chat

    If you want participants to have their own copy of the Word or PDF files, you can send them directly through the meeting chat.

    While you're in the meeting, open 'Chat' and click the file icon. From there, select the file you want to share and choose who you'd like to have access to it. Once it's sent, participants can open the file from the chat.

    This is the better option if you want everyone to be able to keep the documents and refer back to them later.

    2. Share a file during the meeting

    If you want to go through the documents together, you can share the file during the meeting instead.

    Click 'Share Screen', then select the 'Files' tab. Choose the document you want to present and start sharing. Participants will be able to view the document while you walk them through it.

    If you need a little more guidance, this article walks through both file-sharing options step by step and should help you get everything set up for your meeting. 

    Community Manager
    September 23, 2026

    Hey, ​@Dianne Thorington! Just checking back in to see if you were able to go through my response. Hopefully, it helped answer your concern.

    If it did, you can mark it as the best answer for reference to others who might run into the same issue. And if you’re still unsure about anything, just let me know!

    Explorer
    September 25, 2026

    Thank you so much Don.  As you know I am new to Zoom, so new I didn’t know I had a reply to my question.  Your reply was very helpful and we were able to have a successful zoom meeting.

    Thanks again,

    Dianne

    Community Manager
    September 25, 2026

    You’re very welcome, ​@Dianne Thorington! So glad it helped and that your Zoom meeting went well!

    Thanks for coming back to let me know. I’ll mark my response as the best answer so it can hopefully help others too. If you have any other questions or concerns, we’re happy to help!