Click Ok, and this would open the dialog box. Select the PDF file you want to insert in Excel and click ‘Open’. It will open the PDF file by default, and you need to close it.

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.

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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