6. To edit the Excel file, double-click on it. This will open the file in Excel, and you can make the necessary changes. Once you save the file, the changes will be reflected in the embedded Excel ...

I have a document that has a Visio file embedded within a tab in Excel. This works fine. MIcrosoft even makes it easy to edit the Visio document. I just double click and it opens right up. It's great.