Frequently Asked Questions
How can I contact embedit.in?
For technical questions and customer support, send an email to our support team at help@embedit.in.
For feature feedback and other general inquiries email info@embedit.in.
What kinds of files can I embed?
Pretty much any kind of document, image, or text file. To be specific:
- Documents: Word (DOC/DOCX), Excel (XLS/XLSX), PowerPoint (PPT/PPTX), WPD, ODT, ODP, ODS, PDF
- Images: GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, PSD
- Vector Graphics: API, EPS, PS
- Text: TXT, RTF, CSV
- Code: HTML, SQL, JS
- Web: Web pages or other URLs
You can embed files up to 20 MB.
Can I customize the document viewer for my site?
Yes, you can customize the size, background color, and other viewing options in the customize screen when creating your embed.
Note that once you add the embed code to your website, further changes you make to annotation, privacy, print and download permissions are automatically propagated to the embed on your website. Any changes you make to the height, width and background color of the embed will require you replace the embed code with the newly generated code.
Which browsers does embedit.in support?
The documents you embed can be viewed in all common browsers (IE 6+, Google Chrome, Firefox 2+, Safari 2+ and Opera). embedit.in uses the Adobe Flash 9 platform to display your document, which is available on over 98% of browsers worldwide.
To create embeds, please use one of the following browsers: IE7+, Google Chrome, Firefox 2+, Safari 2+.
Help! My embed is not working correctly in IE8!
If you are using embedit.in Sitewide, or the thumbnail or link appearance mode on your emded, and you are having trouble with Internet Explorer, make sure your page has declared an XHTML doctype. To declare a doctype, add this as the first line of your site:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
Help! Blogger rejects my embed code!
If you see an error message along the lines of "Your HTML cannot be accepted: Tag is not closed: EMBED", try adding </embed> to the end of your embed code to close the tag.
How do I delete an embed?
Ensure you are logged in, and visit the customize tab for the document you would like to delete. Click the delete button in the upper right hand corner of the page.
You can also delete embeds directly from your my embeds page by clicking the X in the upper right hand corner of the embed.
Please be sure to delete the embed code from your website.
Can I use embedit.in with private documents?
On the customization screen, you can designate an embed private. Private embeds to not appear on the embedit.in website to the general public.
If you would like to control the distribution of a document, you can restrict download, print and copy/paste options for the embed on the customize page.
For the most sensitive documents, the embedit.in API includes an option to restrict embeds codes to only render on a given website.
How does annotation work?
If you want to call out certain sections of your document, use embedit.in's red pen and highlighter to annotate the document before you publish it. On the customize screen, click Start drawing, and move your mouse over the document. You will see a red pen you can use for freeform annotation. Move your mouse over text to get a highlighter tool. Your annotations are automatically saved as you draw, and the erase button removes all annotation from your embed.
embedit.in does not support viewers adding their own markup to the embed. To have readers mark up and leave feedback on documents, you may want to link to the document on Backboard.
What if I want to automate the embedding process?
embedit.in has a full API. Check it out!
Do I have to create embeds for each of my documents on a page?
If you already have a web page with several links to documents, Sitewide may be the option for you! Sitewide generates a single line of code that you paste into the bottom of your page that turns all of your document links into embeds.
