can't insert PDF into a MS Word Document. Why?

Question

When i try to put a PDF file into a Microsoft Word document, a small Convert File pops up. My laptop has never done this before.

Answer 1

It seems as if though everyone has missed the point of the original question. The question, as i understand it because i am experiencing what i believe is the same issue, is, " I try to copy and paste a PDF file onto my word document. However, instead of getting a PDF icon to click on in order to open the PDF file, i get a small copy of the PDF file." This is not what i want. I want to embed the PDF file into the word document, so that it can be opened, and copied onto another location in its original form, not as a small picture of the original.

 

Any ideas? I may have interpreted the original question incorrectly, but this is the problem that i am incurring.

 

Thank you,

'Insert' > 'Object'. Then whether it is a new file or from an existing one, ensure 'Display as icon' is checked.

Answer 2

I'm having a similar problem with mail merge in Word 2010. I have a document and it is set up for mail merge, but I have an attachemnt that must be put into the document when it is e-mailed using Outlook.

When I click on the "Merge to Adobe PDF" nothing happens. Is there any way I can put an attachment in a document that will be mail merged or do I have to manually enter all the addresses in Outlook?

Thank you for you help.

John

Answer 3

It seems as if though everyone has missed the point of the original question. The question, as i understand it because i am experiencing what i believe is the same issue, is, " I try to copy and paste a PDF file onto my word document. However, instead of getting a PDF icon to click on in order to open the PDF file, i get a small copy of the PDF file." This is not what i want. I want to embed the PDF file into the word document, so that it can be opened, and copied onto another location in its original form, not as a small picture of the original.

Any ideas? I may have interpreted the original question incorrectly, but this is the problem that i am incurring.

Thank you,

Answer 4

See the article "Mail Merge to E-mail with Attachments" at

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/MergeWithAttachments.htm

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Answer 5

Exactly how are you trying put the PDF into the Word document?

What works (or should work): Either copy from the PDF and paste into Word, or use the Insert > Object dialog (which will show at most one page of the PDF, because objects can't cross a page boundary).

What won't work: Trying to use Insert > File and choosing the PDF file. Word doesn't have any converter capable of doing that. There are third-party converters (including free ones you can download, and web-page-based ones) that can read a PDF and return a Word document; they're basically OCR programs.

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Jay Freedman MS Word MVP