1. Create a Calc document 2. Drag a PDF from your file manager to the Calc document's cell grid => General input/output error For comparison, dragging an ODT would insert it as an OLE object.
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/190274
Mike Kaganski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/dfb5639721031bcc43905576e84a97bed512567e tdf#168131: don't pick hybrid PDF, when normal PDF was detected It will be available in 26.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Mike Kaganski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-25-8": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/831dc39f045b909b03dcff300c31986a06ad5502 tdf#168131: don't pick hybrid PDF, when normal PDF was detected It will be available in 25.8.2. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.