Thank you for your response. I'm using the icon option and that shortcut
turns the icon into a picture. I want the link object to turn into the
actual file as an icon.

There is a "Package for CD" option in powepoint, does this exsist for word?

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

Select the linked object, and press Ctrl+Shift+F9.

ackerb wrote:

Is there a way to convert linked objects to embedded objects either built in
word or is it possible to write a macro?