Inserting a PDF into a WORD Document
IRB Approval memos, ACUC Assurance Letters, Copyright Permission Letters, CVs, and
résumés often are PDF documents to be inserted into the appendix of a manuscript.
A one-page PDF is relatively simple to insert while the process for inserting a multi-page PDF is
more complex. Documents in PDF format must be inserted as Objects, and an Object cannot span
more than a page. Multi-page PDFs must be broken up into individual one-page PDFs and each
page inserted separately. Or each page can be converted to an image and then each image is
inserted separately. The former can be accomplished with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) or the full
version of Adobe Acrobat, although the process is different. Converting a PDF to multiple one-
page images can only be accomplished with the full version of Adobe Acrobat.
Inserting a One-Page PDF
1. Enable Show Formatting. On the first page of the appendix, place the cursor after the title
and press the Enter key two to three times to insert paragraphs below the centered title; those
paragraphs should automatically be centered as shown below. Having these paragraphs
centered will ensure that the inserted PDF will be centered as well.
2. Next, place the cursor at the second or third paragraph below the title.
Cursor placed in second paragraph
below the appendix title.
Click on the pilcrow to
enable Show Formatting