Turning pages into PDF

I couldn't find a Microsoft group for PDFs so I am asking you folks here. I
assume some of you, like me, like to take EXCEL pages and turn them into
PDFs. I guess I need the PDF writer, or is it distiller, to do that - and
I wonder where I can get a legitimate copy of it relatively cheaply and
within a few days. Somewhere I saw something about edirectsoftware.com.
Does anyone know if this is a good choice? Or any others to recommend?

Thanks much!
Dean

Hi Dean

See
http://www.rondebruin.nl/pdf.htm

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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Dean" > wrote in message ...
>I couldn't find a Microsoft group for PDFs so I am asking you folks here. I
> assume some of you, like me, like to take EXCEL pages and turn them into
> PDFs. I guess I need the PDF writer, or is it distiller, to do that - and
> I wonder where I can get a legitimate copy of it relatively cheaply and
> within a few days. Somewhere I saw something about edirectsoftware.com.
> Does anyone know if this is a good choice? Or any others to recommend?
>
> Thanks much!
> Dean
>
>

Dean,

If you're not using Excel 2007, then you do need something like Distiller.
I got a copy of Adobe Acrobat 7 and it comes with Distiller. It has a
simple little object model that you can interact with to turn Excel data
into PDF.

There are probably non-Adobe options as well but I didn't want to screw
around.

josh




"Ron de Bruin" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Dean
>
> See
> http://www.rondebruin.nl/pdf.htm
>
> --
>
> Regards Ron de Bruin
> http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm
>
>
> "Dean" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I couldn't find a Microsoft group for PDFs so I am asking you folks here.
>>I assume some of you, like me, like to take EXCEL pages and turn them into
>>PDFs. I guess I need the PDF writer, or is it distiller, to do that -
>>and I wonder where I can get a legitimate copy of it relatively cheaply
>>and within a few days. Somewhere I saw something about
>>edirectsoftware.com. Does anyone know if this is a good choice? Or any
>>others to recommend?
>>
>> Thanks much!
>> Dean

There is a link on my site for other versions


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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Josh Sale" <jsale@tril dot cod> wrote in message ...
> Dean,
>
> If you're not using Excel 2007, then you do need something like Distiller.
> I got a copy of Adobe Acrobat 7 and it comes with Distiller. It has a
> simple little object model that you can interact with to turn Excel data
> into PDF.
>
> There are probably non-Adobe options as well but I didn't want to screw
> around.
>
> josh
>
>
>
>
> "Ron de Bruin" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi Dean
>>
>> See
>> http://www.rondebruin.nl/pdf.htm
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards Ron de Bruin
>> http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm
>>
>>
>> "Dean" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I couldn't find a Microsoft group for PDFs so I am asking you folks here.
>>>I assume some of you, like me, like to take EXCEL pages and turn them into
>>>PDFs. I guess I need the PDF writer, or is it distiller, to do that -
>>>and I wonder where I can get a legitimate copy of it relatively cheaply
>>>and within a few days. Somewhere I saw something about
>>>edirectsoftware.com. Does anyone know if this is a good choice? Or any
>>>others to recommend?
>>>
>>> Thanks much!
>>> Dean
>
>

Sorry I didn't see the link for earlier versions of Excel. Very nice.

josh

Yes, I see that. It suggests something about being tested for EXCEL 2003
and 2007. I only have 2002 but I downloaded the main file and it seems to
work like a charm. I am a little confused as to whether I needed to
download more files, there were five of them (version 9.0.3), one just a
read me file, one with ghostwrite another not, not sure what the others
were, but I just downloaded the ghostwriter one and it seems to work fine.

This is fantastic Ron and I thank you very much. I've wasted tons of time
with EPSV'ing proprietary EXCEL files and deleting macros in order to send
reports to others but it looks like those days are finally over. Is this
software I am supposed to donate money for?

Dean

"Ron de Bruin" > wrote in message
...
> There is a link on my site for other versions
>
>
> --
>
> Regards Ron de Bruin
> http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm
>
>
> "Josh Sale" <jsale@tril dot cod> wrote in message
> ...
>> Dean,
>>
>> If you're not using Excel 2007, then you do need something like
>> Distiller. I got a copy of Adobe Acrobat 7 and it comes with Distiller.
>> It has a simple little object model that you can interact with to turn
>> Excel data into PDF.
>>
>> There are probably non-Adobe options as well but I didn't want to screw
>> around.
>>
>> josh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Ron de Bruin" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Hi Dean
>>>
>>> See
>>> http://www.rondebruin.nl/pdf.htm
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Regards Ron de Bruin
>>> http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dean" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>I couldn't find a Microsoft group for PDFs so I am asking you folks
>>>>here. I assume some of you, like me, like to take EXCEL pages and turn
>>>>them into PDFs. I guess I need the PDF writer, or is it distiller, to
>>>>do that - and I wonder where I can get a legitimate copy of it
>>>>relatively cheaply and within a few days. Somewhere I saw something
>>>>about edirectsoftware.com. Does anyone know if this is a good choice?
>>>>Or any others to recommend?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks much!
>>>> Dean
>>

I kinda like the one discussed here. It's free... it works without
advertising popups... and it has the ability be interact with code.

http://www.excelguru.ca/node/21
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Dean" wrote:

> I couldn't find a Microsoft group for PDFs so I am asking you folks here. I
> assume some of you, like me, like to take EXCEL pages and turn them into
> PDFs. I guess I need the PDF writer, or is it distiller, to do that - and
> I wonder where I can get a legitimate copy of it relatively cheaply and
> within a few days. Somewhere I saw something about edirectsoftware.com.
> Does anyone know if this is a good choice? Or any others to recommend?
>
> Thanks much!
> Dean
>
>
>

I think this is the same link that Ron provided, for versions earlier than
2007.

"Jim Thomlinson" > wrote in message
news
>I kinda like the one discussed here. It's free... it works without
> advertising popups... and it has the ability be interact with code.
>
> http://www.excelguru.ca/node/21
> --
> HTH...
>
> Jim Thomlinson
>
>
> "Dean" wrote:
>
>> I couldn't find a Microsoft group for PDFs so I am asking you folks here.
>> I
>> assume some of you, like me, like to take EXCEL pages and turn them into
>> PDFs. I guess I need the PDF writer, or is it distiller, to do that -
>> and
>> I wonder where I can get a legitimate copy of it relatively cheaply and
>> within a few days. Somewhere I saw something about edirectsoftware.com.
>> Does anyone know if this is a good choice? Or any others to recommend?
>>
>> Thanks much!
>> Dean
>>
>>
>>

Dean

I have had success with the free file downloads and instructions for use here
at Dale Nurden's site.

http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/info/pdfguide.htm

Saves first to single *.ps file which is then converted to *.pdf

Returns one PDF file from multiple sheets.

See also David McRitchie's site for alternatives to the above.

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/pdf.htm


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:34:41 -0800, "Dean" > wrote:

>I think this is the same link that Ron provided, for versions earlier than
>2007.
>
>"Jim Thomlinson" > wrote in message
>news
>>I kinda like the one discussed here. It's free... it works without
>> advertising popups... and it has the ability be interact with code.
>>
>> http://www.excelguru.ca/node/21
>> --
>> HTH...
>>
>> Jim Thomlinson
>>
>>
>> "Dean" wrote:
>>
>>> I couldn't find a Microsoft group for PDFs so I am asking you folks here.
>>> I
>>> assume some of you, like me, like to take EXCEL pages and turn them into
>>> PDFs. I guess I need the PDF writer, or is it distiller, to do that -
>>> and
>>> I wonder where I can get a legitimate copy of it relatively cheaply and
>>> within a few days. Somewhere I saw something about edirectsoftware.com.
>>> Does anyone know if this is a good choice? Or any others to recommend?
>>>
>>> Thanks much!
>>> Dean
>>>
>>>
>>>
>

I'm not sure what this has that I don't already now have, so I'm not going
to look further. It's sounds like this takes two steps rather than only one
with the link provided on Ron DeBruin's to Ken Puhl's site for versions
prior to 2007. If you know yours to be better, kindly let me know.

Thanks, Gord!
Dean

"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message
...
> Dean
>
> I have had success with the free file downloads and instructions for use
> here
> at Dale Nurden's site.
>
> http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/info/pdfguide.htm
>
> Saves first to single *.ps file which is then converted to *.pdf
>
> Returns one PDF file from multiple sheets.
>
> See also David McRitchie's site for alternatives to the above.
>
> http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/pdf.htm
>
>
> Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
>
> On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:34:41 -0800, "Dean" >
> wrote:
>
>>I think this is the same link that Ron provided, for versions earlier than
>>2007.
>>
>>"Jim Thomlinson" > wrote in
>>message
>>news
>>>I kinda like the one discussed here. It's free... it works without
>>> advertising popups... and it has the ability be interact with code.
>>>
>>> http://www.excelguru.ca/node/21
>>> --
>>> HTH...
>>>
>>> Jim Thomlinson
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dean" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I couldn't find a Microsoft group for PDFs so I am asking you folks
>>>> here.
>>>> I
>>>> assume some of you, like me, like to take EXCEL pages and turn them
>>>> into
>>>> PDFs. I guess I need the PDF writer, or is it distiller, to do that -
>>>> and
>>>> I wonder where I can get a legitimate copy of it relatively cheaply and
>>>> within a few days. Somewhere I saw something about
>>>> edirectsoftware.com.
>>>> Does anyone know if this is a good choice? Or any others to recommend?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks much!
>>>> Dean
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>