Cannot Edit Embedded Excel SpreadSheets

There is a user at our company who cannot open Excel 2010 spreadsheets that have been embedded into Word 2010 documents. Sometimes the embedded Excel Spreadsheet will open with a Picture Tools menu ribbon. Other times he gets an error
message that Excel is not installed on his computer. When other users open the same embedded objects on their computers they do not have any problems. I have replaced his computer but the problem continues with the new computer. I have also logged onto his
computer with a different user account and I do not have a problem opening the embedded Excel spreadsheets. The user has Administrator rights on his own computer. We all have Windows 7 Enterprise and Office 2010 Professional Plus installed on our computers.
Thanks in advance for any assistance with this issue.

Hi,
Try this:
============
1.      
Go to Excel.
2.      
Click File > Options >
Advanced, then in the “General” section, remove the tick from “Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)“.
For the general troubleshooting, you may refer to:
Troubleshoot linked objects and embedded objects
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/troubleshoot-linked-objects-and-embedded-objects-HP005189818.aspx
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