Acrobat Standard DC and Excel issues

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August 18, 2017
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I recently upgraded to Office 2016, and now when I convert Excel files to PDF through the conversion function, Adobe makes CRAZY page sizes! I know I can print to PDF to get around this, but the spreadsheets I am converting have NUMEROUS hyperlinks to emails, documents, etc., and the only way to maintain the usability of these links is through the conversion process, NOT the print to PDF process.

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Correct answer Dov Isaacs

Unfortunately, that suggestion won't help at all.

The problem, regrettably, is in Microsoft's code that provides content to Adobe's Acrobat PDFMaker. It provides the page size which is actually some multiple (same vertically and horizontally) of the page size specified in the layout section of Excel.

If you try using Microsoft's Save as PDF (which has its own set of other issues), this same exact problem of “CRAZY page sizes!” also occurs in exact same manner as Acrobat PDFMaker. We both use the same content provided by Excel. If Microsoft fixes this and reports the correct page size, we'll use it.

- Dov

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So it's Feb 17, 2020, Has anyone fixed this issue? I still have it!

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On the Acrobat tab, next to "Create PDF", there is a button for "Preferences". At the bottom of the list (2nd and 3rd from bottom) are "Fit Worksheet to a single page" or "Fit to paper width". Make sure you have the Page Layout option you want (portrait/landscape). If you change the paper size (Page Layout tab) for the worksheet that may help too.

Dov IsaacsCorrect answer

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Unfortunately, that suggestion won't help at all.

The problem, regrettably, is in Microsoft's code that provides content to Adobe's Acrobat PDFMaker. It provides the page size which is actually some multiple (same vertically and horizontally) of the page size specified in the layout section of Excel.

If you try using Microsoft's Save as PDF (which has its own set of other issues), this same exact problem of “CRAZY page sizes!” also occurs in exact same manner as Acrobat PDFMaker. We both use the same content provided by Excel. If Microsoft fixes this and reports the correct page size, we'll use it.

- Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

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Thanks, Dov! I knew this started happening in Office 2013, but had been using 2010 for a while. Sad that it is still an occurrence in Office 2016; hopefully Microsoft will LITERALLY get with the program!!

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