When importing PDF into Word 2016 for Mac, allow choice of page as in Word 2011
When you place a multipage PDF in Word 2011, Word tells you "The file contains multiple pages. Select the page to insert." Word 2016 does not and only imports the first page.
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William Smith
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Is Microsoft really trying to disenchant Mac Users so much that they will defect to Windows? I have constant anguish with the whole Office suite, I am seriously thinking of ditching my Mac. Unfortunately most of the documents sent to me only open properly in the font and format written in Office by the sender, so I have no choice but to put up with the lousy way that Microsoft treat Mac Users. Word, Office, PowerPoint and Excel all have downgraded features or flaws on the Mac.
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Anonymous
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I have a Mac running High Sierra 10.13.6 and Microsoft 365 Apps for business. Until a few weeks ago I used to be able to open a .pdf in Preview, select all pages and drag and drop into a word doc. Now when I do that it only inserts the first page of the .pdf. I also tried going into the word doc and using Insert/Object/From File, which used to work as well but now has the same issue. I need to be able to insert multi pages .pdfs into word docs; please add back this feature.
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Sophia M.
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I need to choose the page during importing an pdf every day! I wish there will be an update for Word 2019 for Mac soon.
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Graham Kennedy
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This doesn't work for me! I am unable to import a PDF into Microsoft Word for Mac. I am running version 16.28 with an Office 365 subscription.
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Anonymous
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I do a lot of scientific publications and want to create a file of references with the source PDF file attached as an icon that can be opened and read. Reviewers often complain that they can not access references cited and they are often from historical literature some 20-50 yrs old. It is also useful for creating a CV with citations attached that can be viewed by recipients who want to review the work.
Why am I paying an annual license fee for my MS Office for MAC when this fairly simple process is not available??!! I want to be able to include an entire PDF document in the icon instead of only 1 page. This application would make the dissemination of information so much easier.Would it help to convert all of my PDFs to word documents? A lot of work if one has hundreds of PDFs.
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Del
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Please make this into an accessible feature for both Windows and Mac software. Should be standard.
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Claudiu Vicol
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As a temporary workaround, I have seen a procedure which involves using professional PDF editors. One must select Save As>JPEG, and at that moment, all of your PDF pages will be converted separately into JPEG files, which, in turn, can be inserted in batch into the Word file. It works.
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Jill
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@ Laura! Your suggestion SAVED THE DAY for the newsletter I am trying to get out. I can't thank you enough!
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Anonymous
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Why has the insert PDF feature gone backwards. In previous versions you used to get a preview dialog that allowed you to select individual pages from the PDF that you wanted to insert; however this feature was dropped in later versions and now you can only get the first page. This means you now have to split the PDF into individual pages and insert them separately - very clunky. Can't understand why the previous feature which was so user friendly got dropped
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Anonymous
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Another work around: Take a snapshot of the selected page of the .pdf and paste it into the document. More laborious, but it works. Still, this does not absolve Microsoft of its responsibility to add the previous functionality to 2016. I'll look for it in the next upgrade.
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Anonymous
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It takes two years to fix this?! A year to review it?! This is also needs fixed in PowerPoint and Excel.
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David
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I just opened the pdf up in preview, then dragged each page across one by one. Worked very well. But would be a pain if it was lots of pages.
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Anonymous
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please add this.
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Chuck Miller
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This has been sitting unaddressed for far too long. How about an update soon?
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Anonymous
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Oh my god did this get fixed?
I can't work out how to do this and I am so frustrated. -
Laura
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Ok I figured it out. If you download the app PDF Reader Pro Free you can do it. Have the PDF open in the app and then the word document open. You drag over one page at a time. Granted this is only really do able for short pdfs but its a start while Word is working on an update to help us
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helen
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this missing feature is making life a nightmare for us who do company policies.
please fix -
Gordon Doherty
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Please upgrade functionality in Word for Mac users!
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Anonymous
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Yup, this is broken. I use if for all of my documents. I've just upgraded from Word 2011 and see this as a big step backwards.
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Vicki
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Hi I am trying to do a mail merge and send a Newsletter (multipage PDF) by email. Everything works but I cannot insert an object (PDF) into the word Doc. Disappointing. 'Insert' 'Object' does not exist and drag and drop opens the PDF's first page. Can we drag and drop an object in Office for MAC 365?