Quality of Excel cell borders in pdf is really bad!

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April 14, 2011
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Dear Adobe

I am using Acrobat 9.4.2. I paid for it.

When I convert a page from Excel (or Word) to pdf, the borders of the cells (or tables in Word) are shown in real bad quality in pdf (fine, light lines get thick and clumsy - just ugly).The quality of drawing shapes is ok. The problem only is with borders of Excel cells and Word tables.

I tried all different settings and versions (Excel, Word, Acrobat). Nothing helps. The Questions in the Adobe Forums do not get answered. This is a real problem for a lot of users and companies (in Europe) are getting nervous about it.

We need a solution, not an explanation.

Is there any solution available or are you working on a solution?

Thanks, Roman

Here is the original formatting in Excel (not a good picture quality):

Here is the converted formatting in pdf:

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aaron1234567

Participant

Just want to bump this thread because the same problem happens in Acrobat Pro X.

Adobe says Acrobat X is fully functional in Office 2010. It's not.

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saramar10

Participant

Still a problem in 2020! I make PDFs that people look at on screens. It's ugly.

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Tim32231748fbkb

Participant

I was having the same issue so I removed all borders from my worksheet and then when I converted to PDF the borders still appeared but this time perfectly. Bit of a ridiculous workaround and may not always work. Also it would be an issue if I actually wanted there to be no borders on the PDF!

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panthermadison

Participant

SOLUTION! Just saw this problem and answer is much easier. Scrap all the above. Easiest fix is to change the borders in Excel (2007) to the first dotted line option in borders. This converts to a thin line in Adobe pdf. Fi x

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Roman_aspektAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hi and thanks for your suggestion. I tried that already. The result is better, but still it is not controlable and not perfect.

A dotted line in Excel should be a dotted line in PDF.

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George_Johnson

Inspiring

Does it print OK?

How lines are displayed on screen is controlled by a user preference: Edit > Preferences > Page Display > Smooth Line Art -and- Enhance thin lines

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Roman_aspektAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thanks George.

Now the quality is not "really" bad anymore, it is bad. ;-)

The quality got better, but still there is a difference between drawing shapes and cell borders. And the difference is causing problems with customers, who are demanding professional quality.

Here is a .jpg of the original Excel table. The drawing shape is the outer one, the cell borders are the lines beneath the data. Both line types are very delicat. This is how it should be.