Word doc with embedded Excel spreadsheet

I have a Word (2010) doc in which I have embedded Excel (2010) spreadsheets. We cannot open the spreadsheets after I convert the doc to pdf. Is there a step I'm missing, or is this not possible? Thanks

Content of the embedded object in a Microsoft Office application does not come over to PDF.
Basically PDF, being a completely different file format / technology from the MS applications' format(s)/technology, does not support this feature.
You can create a PDF from Word that has not embedded objects.
Now, with the PDF open in Acrobat you can attach the Excel files.
Be well...

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If you double click on an Excel file in Windows Explorer, does Excel startup? If not, right click on such a File and used the Open with item to set Excel as the default program for opening such files.
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I am having trouble with a word document that has an embedded excel spreadsheet in it. If you double click on the spreadsheet to edit it, the following error message appears:
"The program used to create this object is Excel. That program is not installed on your computer. To edit this object, you must install a program that can open the object."
I know that Excel is installed on the PC. The PC is running Windows XP SP3 x86 and Office Professional Plus 2007. I have tried editing the spreadsheet on a PC running Windows 7 Pro x64 with the same version of office and it works just fine.
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Gee, Pat, this is a real big help.
Nobody could possibly think anyone would ask for help without first trying to fix the issue oneself. Or maybe you do. I have opened the file and looked under security. I have changed it to owner-notebook (which is what the techs called me) and clicked accept but geepers it didn't work.
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