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I use Pages to generate a newsletter for an organization, which upon completion is shared in pdf format with members by email. I am needing help how to embed a pdf within the body of the pages document (to save space and only to open when double clicked by readers). Previous similar threads have not provided answers that work for me.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15
Thank you. These answers confirm that Pages/Mac will not allow me to utilize/imbed a pdf icon within a Pages document to open when double clicked. I am pleased with URL and email active links feature which is why Pages has sufficed for my newsletters until having experienced this issue.
Pages does not support the marsupialization of any document, much less a PDF document by embedding, or attachment. You can drag and drop a single-page PDF (or supported image) onto a Pages document where it will become scalable document object. And then you can export the Pages document as a PDF.
I don't believe it is possible to embed a file within a Pages document. You can insert a PDF, but that is really just inserting an image of the first page of the PDF, not inserting the entire document.
I don't understand what you are trying to do, so I can't provide another workaround. This is what I understand:
Other possibility.
To clarify, I wish to insert an icon representing the pdf file which when clicked would open to the pdf document viewer. Envision a newsletter of two columns filled. When dragging/inserting any pdf files directly into my Pages newsletters, the pdf files display in entirety like a jpg. I have read instructions how to accomplish this for pc's, but I cannot find how to do this with my MacBook. Thank you.
Pages only supports URL (web page links), email addresses, and internal Pages document bookmark references. It has no clue about external application launching. PDF documents are not images, and when you drag and drop a PDF document into Pages, no icon appears, and no filename of the PDF is retained. You get the first page of the PDF as a document object that looks like the. first page of that PDF, and all other PDF pages are thrown away.
Whatever you are trying to do, Pages is the wrong tool.
You would need an app that will embed other files inside their documents.
Thank you.
Embedding PDF within a Pages Document
