From the list choose select “Properties” and then choose “Move and Size with cells”. If you have embedded more than one file in the cell, select all the files, and click “Format Object”. When the cell is at the right size, right-click the cell and a list will appear. Step 2: To make the icon visible, the size of the cell may have to be enlarged. Make the cell bigger or add in more cells to make the complete icon visible. If you cannot insert the file icon in cell, simply try re-sizing the PDF icon so that it fits the size of the cell. Step 1: In the Excel sheet, try inserting the file icon. If you want to manage the PDF-containing-cells just like others when sorting, filtering, or hiding cells, you will need to fix the embedded PDF into a cell. Even if you hide the cells that contain the PDF, it will simply not go away. The PDF icon will not change when you change the positioning of cells, sort, and filter cells, or hide cells. You will not be able to perform the regular functions on the cell that has the PDF embedded as an icon. But you have only embedded the PDF as an object or icon in an Excel cell. If you follow the above-given process, you will be able to attach PDF to Excel. If you are wondering how to embed PDF in Excel when you have more than one file, you can repeat the above-given process to embed as many files as you want. You can close the window, to resume working on Excel.
Now, the PDF will also open up by default in a PDF file viewer.
Then, your file will be transferred and embedded in the Excel sheet. Step 4: After that, you will have to select the file you want to embed in Excel, so choose the file and click “Open”. Step 3: After clicking on the “Adobe Acrobat Document”, when the option will be selected, tick the “Display as icon” button on the right side and then click “Ok”. From the list choose “Adobe Acrobat Document”. Step 2: When the Object dialog box opens, select the “Create New” from the tab.
Step 1: Open Excel and click the “Insert” tab. For directly embedding PDF in Excel, follow the steps below. You are allowed to attach PDF file to Excel directly. Way 3: Convert PDF to Image and Insert Image in Excel.