File attachments

Drop a file into a page and it becomes a card with the file’s icon, name and size. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files preview right in the page; everything else downloads with one click.

Attach a file

• Drag files from your computer onto the page. The cards appear where you drop them.
• Paste a file you copied.
• Type /file and pick one or more files.

While a file uploads, its card shows the progress. Choose the × on the card to cancel.

Images still become image blocks. Drop or paste a picture as usual.

What you can attach

• Any file up to 250 MB.
• Programs and scripts (for example .exe, .msi, .bat, .ps1, .vbs, .dmg, .jar and .sh) can’t be attached. Pages are shared widely, so Orbit keeps runnable files out of them. Put them in a zip file if a colleague really needs one.

Work with a file card

Click a Word, Excel, PowerPoint or PDF card to open its preview under the card, and click again to close it. Other files download when you click them.

Hover a card for Preview, Download and the ••• menu:

• Preview or Hide preview
• Download
• Copy link
• Show as link, which turns the card into a link with the file’s name. Put the cursor in that link and choose Show as file to bring the card back.
• Delete

Readers can preview and download; only people who can edit the page can change or delete cards.

Where files are kept

Attached files live with the page’s other files in your Microsoft 365 workspace, in the _attachments folder next to your pages. Each reader opens them with their own Microsoft sign-in.

When you delete a card, Orbit cleans up the file later, once the page no longer uses it. Duplicating or moving a page brings its attachments along.

How attachments are saved

A file card is a link to the file on its own line:

The budget for next year:

[Budget FY27.xlsx](/asset/note/…)

The same link inside a sentence stays a link, like [the contract](/asset/note/…).

Up next: Dates — dates you can click, and overdue to-dos at a glance.