First, launch Microsoft Excel and open the Excel sheet in which you want to import a PDF. After that, move to the Insert menu from the top ribbon and then press the Text drop-down button.

To have Excel insert the PDF, first open the spreadsheet in Excel. Then, click the "Insert" tab on the ribbon menu and click the "Object" icon within the "Text" group of command icons.

Excel gives you tons of options for editing, but what if your file is a PDF? Here's how to convert a PDF into an Excel file with ease. Just follow these steps.

You can embed a PDF file into a cell of an Excel worksheet and then use Excel's security features to lock the object. This allows you to take advantage of both technologies.

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