Saving an excel file as a pdf or a jpeg

[thebandit]

How do you do it!!!!

Its wrecking my head, doing an advert up in word and the printers want it in pdf or jpeg format.

Help!

[Billys Boots]

If you have Acrobat (has to be installed as a printer), you select the print area you want to convert, go to File/Print and select Acrobat Distiller as the printer.  You'll be asked to save the pdf/jpeg - choose the location, and go.

If you don't have a convertor you're in trouble - all the freeware prints pdfs/jpegs with watermarks on them.

[stevo-08]

2 ways I know of.

1. Use PDF creator. Then in excel/word, just go to File, Print & select PDFCreator as your printer. The file will be converted into a PDF. I use it at work but think you can download for free here: http://www-pdfcreator.com/

2. Just print out the file on hard copy and scan it into pdf using a scanner.

hope that helps.

[thebandit]

Thanks Men, much apperciated

[amallon]

I use a free utility called cute pdf.  Its installed just like a printer on your computer.  When you are ready to create the pdf you go to file and print but select the cute pdf printer.  When you click print a dialog appears asking you where you want to save the pdf.  Very handy and very free!

[stpauls]

where can i get a copy of that cute pdf amallon?

[armaghniac]

Cute PDF works well

http://www.cutepdf.com/

or the crude way, press the Print Screen button, this saves whatever you have on the screen, then open Paint, paste the image in and cut out the bit you want and save as Jpeg. This could work for charts, but give a lowish quality image for printing. PDF would be much better.

[heganboy]

there is of course the print screen option...
usually there's a button PRTSC or some variation which takes an image of whatever is on the screen and dumps it into your clipboard if you're using windows. Paste (ctrl +V) will then put it anywhere you want it.

[thebandit]

That cutepdf seems to be the best job alright!

[Treasurer]

PDF995 is another option.  Free option takes you to a sponsored page after you create your pdf but it's no big deal for occasional use.

[J70]

You could create a jpeg of the file from a screen shot, although obviously this will only work if all of what you need in the jpeg is displayed at one time. To copy a screen shot, just hit "print screen" and paste it into MS Paint or Photoshop or something, do whatever cuts or edits you need and save it as a jpeg.

[SammyG]

I use PrimoPDF http://www.primopdf.com/, sounds similar to the other ones, you set it up as a printer and then you can print from anything to a PDF file.