

To open the PDF file, you just need to double-click the icon and choose Open in the pop-up window. Move to the Properties section, and choose Move and size with cells (You can also choose Move but don’t size with cells or Don’t move or size with cells based on your needs). Right-click the icon and select Format Object. If you want the location and size of this icon to change with the cell where it is located, you can follow the steps below. Now you can see the PDF file you have inserted in Excel as an icon. Then click the OK button to save your changes. Make sure to check these two options: Link to file and Display as icon. Move to the Create from File tab, and click Browse to insert the needed PDF file. Click Text, and then choose the Object option (Or you can use the Alt + I + O key combinations). Open the Excel spreadsheet in which you want to insert a PDF file. You can follow the steps below to complete the processes. The first method is to insert a PDF document into Excel as an object. How to Insert PDF in Excel Windows 10 Method 1.

I have changed the default program association for PDF to Acrobat Reader and PDF X-Change but still the same results. The computer has Acrobat Reader DC, PDF X-Change editor and PDFCreator installed. Others computers in the organisation are having the same issue but then some are OK. When the icon is selected the formula bar displays =EMBED("Packager Shell Object","") The icon can be double clicked and the object will open fine. The result is I get an icon displayed and not the content of the PDF. I am using Insert / Object, Create from File, Browse and select PDF, I DO NOT check the boxes Link to File or Display as Icon. I am trying to embed the content of a PDF into the workbook - I totally understand that I will only get the first page of the document, thats all I want as the PDF is always one page in length.

This is actually a problem that is effecting not just Excel but all office.
