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Insert pdf into Word as image

Anonymous
2020-04-03T11:13:43+00:00

I want to insert a pdf into a Word file but I don't want to convert it to an editable text. (It's someone else's report which mustn't be altered)

I could insert page by page using screen clips but the pdf is over 120 pages so I am looking for a faster, more productive way!

When I try to insert as an object, Word can't complete because it can't find the acrobat application which created the file.

I'm sure someone knows a slick way to do this - or maybe point to a thread where this is already answered?

Thanks

Aidan

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 322.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-04-11T01:52:49+00:00

    Sorry, I did not see your post before.  Here is something that might help if you need to do something like that again.

    Using the Snagit Printer (www.techsmith.com) will be a more productive way of creating jpg images of each of the pages.  The output of the Snagit Printer will appear in the Snagit Editor where if you then use File>SaveAs, you wlll be given the option of creating a separate flle for each page and those files will be named with a sequential number forming the last two characters of the filename.  You could then use a macro to insert each of those image files into your document.  An alternative to a macro would be to setup a Directory type mail merge main document with the an INCLUDEPICTURE Mergefield, to which you attach a data source containing the filenames in the required order and then execute that merge to a new document.  You could then insert that document into your document.

    See the following page of Graham Mayor's website

    http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-10T15:39:31+00:00

    And creating the explanation Word doc and then adding it as an attachment in an email, together with the pdf doc is not an option?  

    Hello Palcouk

    Thanks, but that is not a suitable solution. It is actually the opposite of what I am trying to do.

    The Word file is a large technical document with many sections and appendices. I want to incorporate the content of a pdf as one of the appendices so that the reader of the Word document can see the information without having to open an external file.

    It is not hard to insert the content as editable text - using the Open command, Word lets you select a pdf and convert it to editable text, although the page breaks won't necessarily be preserved. But the pdf report comes from another company and should not be tampered with or edited, hence I want to insert in a locked form.

    Since posting my question I have screen clipped the individual pages of the pdf (over 120 pages) using snipping tool and inserted the images separately. Lack of replies suggest there is no easy answer.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-04-03T12:34:16+00:00

    And creating the explanation Word doc and then adding it as an attachment in an email, together with the pdf doc is not an option?

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