I recently decided to update my resume, which forced me to revisit an issue I originally faced when posting my resume to my site: I am writing it as a doc file in Google Docs but I want to link to it as a PDF and have my updates visible immediately.
I know this is a selfish thing to want, and I settled for the quick and easy solution of copying the PDF to my host and pointing to the local file. After updating my resume today, I thought, “I’m sure someone has already encountered this.” A quick search on Google took me to a Google knol article in which the other provides a link which will convert the Google Doc (provided by a document id) to a desired format. This link causes the PDF to download immediately, but when passed to the document viewer, it works as expected. Perfect!
Here is the article citation:
Google Docs Guide 2. Google Docs Help: Howto Link Straight To A Public Docs Pdf Or Other Supported File [Internet]. Version 2. Knol. 2008 Oct 8. Available from: http://knol.google.com/k/google-docs-guide-2/google-docs-help-howto-link-straight-to/2vcnhxffa8r42/20.
And the link template described in the article:
http://docs.google.com/MiscCommands?command=saveasdoc&exportformat=[FORMAT]&docID=[ID]
Check out my resume for an example.