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andrewl83801757
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March 13, 2017
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Converting excel to PDF

  • March 13, 2017
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Hi,

I have recently installed the "Adobe Acrobat DC" which includes the feature to covert word and excel into PDF as well as being able to combine the files.

When I convert excel it brings in thousands of cells which are empty meaning the PDF is a few hundred pages long with only one or two pages containing any information. How do I limit the area the PDF chooses from?

Thanks,

Andrew

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gkaiseril
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March 13, 2017

Excel seems to add rows and columns to the active area of the Excel worksheet. I would delete all empty rows and columns outside of your active area of the worksheet before converting to a PDF.

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    andrewl83801757Author
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    March 13, 2017

    Thanks for your response gkaiseril​,

    Unfortunately I have tried that and it doesn't work, any other suggestions are welcome.

    Thanks,

    Andrew

    Dave__M
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    Dave__MCommunity Expert
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    March 13, 2017

    In Excel, highlight just the area you wish to convert, and set that as your Print Area.  That should do it for you - I just did this procedure a few minutes ago, and it works for me.  In my Excel 2013, the command is in the Page Layout tab.

    i hope that helps.

    My best,

    Dave

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