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From the administration bar, select Workbench, and then select My Dashboard.
Under Media, select Manage from the drop-down menu beside File.
Find and select the file you wish to use.
Open the file in a new tab. This is to access the URL path of the file.
Copy the relative path of the file, which is everything following "https://uwaterloo.ca ". Include the backslash before the site name.
With the copied path of the file, navigate to the web page you want to link the file to.
Select the Layout tab and select Configure on the desired copy text block or select + Add block to add the link to a new block.
Type out the copy text you would like linked (eg. Testing.PDF), highlight said text, and select the Link icon.
Paste the relative path of the uploaded file into the URL field and select Save.
Select Update or Add Block. Below is how the linked copy text will display.
Select Save layout.