powerpoint for MAC does not allow to insert pdf file into presentation (only limited selection incl excel, word....file)

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2024-01-19T16:09:48+00:00

powerpoint for MAC does not allow to insert pdf file into presentation (only limited selection incl excel, word....file)

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John Korchok 237K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2024-01-20T00:29:53+00:00

As Bob has explained, file embedding uses a Windows technology that has very limited support in Office for Mac. As an alternative, place the PDF in the same folder as the PowerPoint file. Then create a hyperlink to the PDF. This should create a relative link that will work when the pair of files are moved to a different computer.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-20T09:41:49+00:00

    thank you, hm wind vs mac os......

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-20T09:39:15+00:00

    will try that, thanks (i thought this might be windows vs mac os.......

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-20T09:37:42+00:00

    thank you

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  4. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 438.6K Reputation points
    2024-01-19T22:46:14+00:00

    Object Linking & Embedding [OLE] is specific to the Windows environment. It never has been supported by Apple. On a Mac you can link/embed Word & Excel documents into other Excel & Word documents. You can embed either in PPt files.

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