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Inserting Multilple page PDF to a Office File

Anonymous
2014-06-24T21:08:08+00:00

I have a multiple page PDF that I must add more pages to it and need to insert it into either Word or Publisher.  I have found how to insert it but it only inserts the first page, how can I get it to insert the second page as to where I can add my 3rd and 4th pages that I have already saved?  Thanks in advance!

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-06-25T14:32:07+00:00

    In Word's Open dialog (not from Windows Explorer, which will likely open the PDF in Adobe Reader), select the PDF file and open it just as you would any Word document. Once it has been opened in Word, you can copy the portions you want and paste into your other document.

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  2. Stefan Blom 338.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-06-24T23:46:01+00:00

    If you want to insert a PDF as an object, you will have to split the PDF so that each page is a separate file and then insert each page separately.

    Alternatively, since Word 2013 can open PDF files, you can insert the PDF as text (Insert tab | Object | Text from File).

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-06-25T12:34:11+00:00

    Hi, where is the open dialog at? is that is Word or the PDF itself, cant seem to find.  Thanks in advance!

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-06-25T12:33:42+00:00

    Hi, how do you split the PDF?  Thanks.

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  5. Jay Freedman 207.5K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2014-06-24T23:50:32+00:00

    Instead of "inserting" the PDF file into a separate Word document, use the Open dialog to open the PDF file. Word 2013 will attempt to create an editable Word file from the PDF original (which won't be changed).

    This should work if the PDF was create from text (such as a Word or Notepad file). However, if the PDF was created by scanning paper pages, the content of the PDF will be pictures of the pages, which Word will drop into your document as pictures. To create editable text in that case, you'll have to use optical character recognition software to "read" the pages and output text. If you have OneNote, you can use that -- see http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote-help/extract-text-from-pictures-and-file-printouts-HA102749810.aspx.

    After you have the PDF contents in a Word document, you can add the other pages and save the result as a new PDF file.

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