That sounds like OLE from MS Office. I don't believe any Apple "office" software has ever done that.
I don't think there ever was one. But I'm humble - I would be glad if I could link to any spreadsheet (or document, for that matter) from inside Numbers (e.g. a hyperlink to a PDF).
You can change the backgrounds in the macOS Home.app via Drag & Drop.[…]
- Better Home App across the devices that use it.
If I change my home background to my house on my phone, my Mac can only show blobby soft colors, even if it isn't user taken images, something more than green fog for this room, blue fog for that room, orange fog for outside.