I have an annoying bug that I have been able to reproduce on 2
distinct XP machines, by simply installing Office 2007 as usual on
them. Both times I opted to only install Word, Excel, Outlook and
Powerpoint with all other options left at their defaults.

The problem is that:

Excel 2007 seems to refuse to print preview or convert to PDF/XPS
formats (combined plug in is installed) unless the machine has a
printer defined. The printer does not need to be functional or present
in any way - there just seems to always have at least one printer
defined.

Print previews/conversions in Word and Powerpoint do not seem affected
by the problem, it is just Excel.

I have been unable to find anything relating to this in the known
issues or after a good few web searches. Anyone have further details
on this problem?

Many Thanks.


[cross posted from microsoft.public.office]