Excel Spreadsheet in Word formatted as a picture

Hello all,

I'm having an issue where a spreadsheet "object" I have inserted into a word document will revert to being formatted as a picture. I typically have no issues with it until I load up the file days later - The spreadsheet windows which were previously editable are now formatted as pictures. When this happens I usually just have to recreate this spreadsheet from scratch, any ideas on how to prevent this problem?

For some added context, I am using an embedded spreadsheet rather than a Word table for the ability to reorder my table rows easily.

Thanks,

Payton