Open embedded pdf in Acrobat Reader

[jennyh11028804]

I am working in a MS Word document where I have embedded a pdf file (via insert object / choose from file / insert as icon). I would like to be able to open this embedded pdf file by double clicking on the icon, also after I have converted my Word document to a pdf file.

What do I need to do in order to enable this?

[Test Screen Name]

Doesn't sound possible to preserve the clickable link, but you can add it again.

[jennyh11028804]

Thanks for the reply. What do you mean by "add it again"? Should I embedd it after I have converted the Word document to pdf?

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

Since Word has the ability to embed a PDF, it should have the ability to also unembed a PDF. Either unembed the PDF from Word or find the original one that you embedded into Word.

Now add that to your new PDF.

Adobe does not own PDF, by the way. They gave it away and it is owned by an ISO. They own Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. Microsoft can make a Microsoft PDF. When you embed a PDF into a Microsoft file, Adobe is not part of the process.

[gkaiseril]

You need to convert the Word document to a PDF. Note that the embedded content will not convert. You will have to save the embedded content to individual files and then open the created PDF and embed or link to those files.

Embedded files usually require a additional helper program/app to process and Acrobat/Reader does not support this type of nesting.

[jennyh11028804]

Thank you for your response. You write that Acrobat/Reader does not support this kind of nesting. Do you know whether Adobe Acrobat Pro supports the nesting?