Wow, buying this new computer has been a big headache.
Why does my old computer allow me to save Excel spreadsheets as a PDF and my new computer does not? I’m using the same Office 2007 program.
I’ve searched and tried add-on’s, but no luck.
Does anyone know of any way to do this?
Thanks, Rick
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Try Printing and select the Printer “Print to Microsoft PDF.”
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Thanks, Hawkwin! That works for me! Whew!
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Good. But is that the way you used to do it? Or did you just save or export it as PDF directly from Excel 2007?
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No, that is not what I used to do. Excel used to have the choice of saving to PDF but no longer does, even though it’s the same software disk I’ve always used to install it. Computers are more of a mystery than the universe, LOL!
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Perhaps you installed this add-in at some point and had forgotten?
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Like I said before, you’re a genius! Thanks very much. Odd that I Googled for an add-on like that numerous times and didn’t find one that worked, and I found a couple of times something that said Microsoft no longer supports such a thing.
Thanks again. I’m going to save that link for future reference in case I need to install MS Office 2007 again some day. But I hope this is the LAST computer I’ll ever need, LOL! Or maybe the WWW will collapse entirely and send us back to caveman days. It’s weird that as time marches on, more and more of the population wasn’t alive before computers and hardly know about paper, pencils, and libraries, LOL!
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Pdf is most valuable when sharing a spreadsheet with others who may not have Excel software. But inability tweak numbers and recalculate is a major limitation.
For those others pdf to jpg ( free with a Google search) is a better choice as most cell phones can display jpg file. (And Neanderthals often lack software to read pdf.)
To retain calculating potential check out Googe Sheets. Free and powerful–for those with minimal skills.
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I use Google Sheets personally, including for stock quote downloads.
But my client wants his reports in PDF format. That is the only reason I need that functionality.
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I find it odd that you were able to install MS Office on your new computer. I got a new PC a couple of years ago and even though I had the disc and the key for MS Office I vaguely remember it now allowing me to reinstall Office. I had to go with Office 365 or whatever they call it and began paying annual dues.
I guess the luck didn’t flow to the Irish that time.
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Back in the 2000s it was normal for an Office disk to come with X installs - what to say 5. After hitting the magic number I still could install from it, but I did have to contact MS for a new/different key.
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