Embedding PPT into PDF

Howdy all,

Over the years, I've seen a lot of posts concerning the embedding of PDFs, within MS Applications such as Word and PowerPoint, but recently, I've found myself working in a position that supplies deliverables that for some reason "must" be delivered to the client in PDF format... The documents are traditionally Word-based, then converted to PDF. There aren't any issues until the Word document has other embedded documents (such as another Word Doc, or a PPT).

I know I can go through the motions to embed another PDF within a PDF using the Link tool under the PDF Edit section and selecting "Go to a Page View" and selecting the appropriate file in the attachments tab on the left after it has been attached to the document.

However, the same can't be done with a .ppt or pptm (macro-enable file). I can attach them and open them from the attachments panel, but I cannot reference them or embed them anywhere in the document. Those who are requesting these documents won't likely even be using Adobe Reader/Acrobat to read them... This begs the question as to why they are making us do this, but that's out of my control and I can't change that.

I know I can host the .ppt externally as a hyperlinked item, but there's a security risk of having something like that hosted on the open web (forcing them to sign in to a secure portal just a view a presentation will not go over well), so that option is off the table. Everything must stay "local" to the document itself.

Is there any way of doing this? Is Adobe working on something to allow the embedding of other file types within a PDF that will work seamlessly with their native apps (assuming the end user has the appropriate applications installed, of course)? I see vulnerabilities to the integrity of the file/data by allowing an external file type to be embedded, and perhaps this is the reason this doesn't exist, but I'm just speculating.

I appreciate any input! Thanks!