Opening PDFs embedded in a Word Doc on MacBook

The real question is whether those embedded PDF are actually still PDF documents. From the Terminal:

unzip -d newfoldername foo.docx

Now, you can look for the PDF, and attempt to open it, or copy it to the Desktop and open with a PDF viewer.

There is nothing for Apple to fix because someone decided to marsupialize Office documents within a Word document. This is a Microsoft application, and document format issue that Apple is not going address. I can embed an unlinked PDF as an OLE file source in a Word .docx using LibreOffice v6.1.4 (Mac), but no PDF is found in the resulting saved .odt or .docx.

I had never heard of embedding other documents in Word, and this may be a Windows only capability. You can also attach Word, Powerpoint, and Excel documents to the PDF, which means you can always open the PDF, and then detach the other documents. Of course, this is putting all of your eggs in one basket, and it might make better sense to originally put all of the files in a folder, and then zip that folder and email it.

Hi there,

Our company regularly receives word docs with other MS files embedded in the documents (.pdf, .xls and .doc). I am able to open both the Word and Excel files without too many problems; however, the .pdfs will not open - I have tried compressing file and then unzipping using command window, but this is not creating a folder.

Any suggestions appreciated - seems might odd that Apple haven't fixed this yet as I note this issue has been around for a while?!

Thanks!

Word is a Microsoft product. You might try asking in the Microsoft Help Communities

Why is it odd that Apple has not fixed a problem you perceive to exist in Microsoft Word?

How are you trying to open the .PDFs?

Good work, thanks for the report.