Convert an Excel File to PDF

Summary

Learn how to convert any Excel document to PDF.

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Overview

This article will show you how to convert an Excel file into a PDF. PDFs will perserve the layout of the page, which makes saving and sharing documents as PDFs good practice. 

Steps

Converting a Word document to PDF is different depending on what version of Excel is being used. On new versions (2016 and Microsoft 365), users can select File > Save as Adobe PDF (if Adobe Reader is installed). However, if that option does not appear, the steps below should work with any version of Excel.

  1. In Microsoft Excel, click File > Save As. File is located in the upper-left of the software.Uploaded image
  2. Choose a location to save your PDF. This process is the same as it is when saving the Excel file. In this example, I'll select Desktop.
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  3. Use the drop-down arrow and choose PDF (*.pdf).
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  4. Click Save
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Article ID: 173691
Created
Fri 11/6/26 2:30 PM
Modified
Fri 11/6/26 2:41 PM