Hi

Blotty,

What you are doing is right. (As per 2003)

But let me repeat the procedure to cross check whether you are following the
right method:

1. Click a Cell.
2. On the Insert menu, click Object.
The Object dialog box is displayed.
3. In the Object dialog box, click the Create from File Tab.
4. Click Browse button to choose the file you want to insert in the Excel
sheet.
5. The "Link to file" and "Display as icon" check boxes must be cleared.
6. Click OK.

Note: If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed, then the file you inserted
might diaplay as an icon. Otherwise the first page of the PDF document will
be displayed. Clicking on this page will open the Acobat displying the
compele content of the file.

Challa Prabhu

"BLOTTY" wrote:

I select insert - object - create from file - and do NOT select link to file
or insert as icon, and the PDF still inserts as a linked icon. Is there a
default setting I'm missing or something?

Thanks