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I'm having much difficulty in attaching a article I see to Facebook. Its possible the problem may be I'm not using the right instruction on the Firefox options when I right click the article I want to attach to Facebook. Some of those options are, Save link as, Copy link, when I right click for options. Can someone explain what is the right option to use? And, how do I proceed once I choose the correct option to make that attachment to a Facebook message I'm replying to? There are times a picture of the article will attach to the Facebook message, but the text that is associated with the attachment will not appear? Can someone please help? Thank you.

I'm having much difficulty in attaching a article I see to Facebook. Its possible the problem may be I'm not using the right instruction on the Firefox options when I right click the article I want to attach to Facebook. Some of those options are, Save link as, Copy link, when I right click for options. Can someone explain what is the right option to use? And, how do I proceed once I choose the correct option to make that attachment to a Facebook message I'm replying to? There are times a picture of the article will attach to the Facebook message, but the text that is associated with the attachment will not appear? Can someone please help? Thank you.

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You probably want to ask FB on attaching article since that is their site and they could have some site restrictions or the actions may be different when your on FB.

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If you want to share a link, you can use Copy Link. When you paste a link on Facebook, FB sometimes will grab a thumbnail of the article and insert that along with a summary. But it depends on the site, sometimes you just get the URL.

When I start composing a post, I don't see a method to attach a file (like a PDF), just a photo/video. This would be something you already saved to your computer rather than something grabbed directly from a website.

Some FB Groups have a Files section where you can upload a file. I suspect that is a separate step from adding a post about the file, but I haven't tried it myself.

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Hi markwarner22, Already tried that. Got no response from Facebook.

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Hi, jscher 2000. So copy link is the correct option to use of the available options.

 Your comment, "When I start composing a post, I don't see a method to attach a file (like a PDF), just a photo/video. This would be something you already saved to your computer rather than something grabbed directly from a website." So, how do I access what I have saved on my computer to insert it (attach) on a FB message I'm replying to? 
   Are there specific instructions that Firefox has to follow or accomplish the task of inserting (attach) a website article to a FB message that Firefox may have instructions for, jscher2000? That would sure help. Trying to contact FB for help, which would seem to be the best option, didn't work. I can't get a reply from them. So, that is why I turned to Firefox for help. Appreciate your help jscher 2000.

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jscher 2000, Why is it when I reply to a Firefox reply, my response comes out in the segmented way it does? It makes it hard to understand the way Firefox presents the reply. What am I doing wrong? How do I correct the problem? This not the first time this has happened when I try to reply. Thanks, jscher2000.

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Hi, on this forum, if you start a line with a space, it uses <pre> tags without text wrapping, similar to how you might want computer code to look. So don't try to indent any lines in your reply unless you want that appearance. Probably you can use the three-vertical-dot icon next to your reply to edit out those spaces.

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sciencemagic said

Your comment, "When I start composing a post, I don't see a method to attach a file (like a PDF), just a photo/video. This would be something you already saved to your computer rather than something grabbed directly from a website." So, how do I access what I have saved on my computer to insert it (attach) on a FB message I'm replying to? Are there specific instructions that Firefox has to follow or accomplish the task of inserting (attach) a website article to a FB message that Firefox may have instructions for, jscher2000?

Right now, I only see a way to attach a photo or video from your computer (click the button for that), or a link to the web (paste the link into your comment). The only place I see to upload files like PDFs is in a Group, there is a Files tab for sharing files.

Have you seen other people being able to attach files to their comments? I'm not a big Facebook user, just two to three times this year, so I'm not aware of all the latest capabilities/restrictions.

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