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David A. Smith David A. Smith is offline
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Default printing to a PDF file from xl

"Steve" wrote:


I would like to print to a pdf file from xl. When I hit
print it asks for a name to save the pdf file to. I have
about 100 pages that I will be doing this for, I don't
want to have to type in each page name.


I found a fix to this problem, that works in Office 2000 anyway...

Each worksheet is created from a single worksheet.
Right click on the target worksheet, "Move or Copy", check "Make a Copy".

DON'T Insert-Worksheet.
DON'T populate more than a single worksheet that is to be printed from the
auto-generated ones.

Then format away. The result for me was a five page, single pdf, three
pages portrait, and two pages landscape (with graphics). Before applying
this trick, I had three individual pages (each as their own pdf) and a pair
of pages that had been copied one from the other (which was the clue)

Yes, it is a pain in the tush to copy the contents and the column widths
from existing spreadsheets, but it does pay off...