Save excel report to PDF using Macro

**Helen W** · 03-16-2009, 08:12 PM

Hi, I may be having a blonde moment but I'm really struggling and am desperate for some help.

I am trying to automate excel to generate a report into PDF by using a macro, but the previous posts I have looked at either recommend VBA code from excel guru or a PDF creator. The excel guru gives me probelms with the distiller ?!? and I cannot use PDF creator as it is forbidden by my company.

The programs I need to use are Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and Excel 2003.

I have seen some comments that explain that I must change something in the control panel for the distiller ?!?, but my company have restricted my use to just basic setting changes.

I have tried to record a macro but it keeps asking me for a name for the file to be saved as .... but I want it to save as text from a specific cell.

I have also tried deleting the problem lines from excel gurus example code and it just doesn't work.

If anyone can give me advice/examples I will be eternally grateful.

Thanks Helen

**nomel** · 03-16-2009, 08:37 PM

If they have your system that locked down, ask your tech support to help you set up the pdf printer.

Or...you could try this pdf creator.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

Or use the one that comes with FoxIt Reader.

Neither require messing with control panel...just work.

**royUK** · 03-17-2009, 04:03 AM

See if you can get the name of the acrobat printer from your list of printers in the control panel. Mine reads Adobe PDF.

**Helen W** · 03-17-2009, 05:30 AM

Hi Roy,

Mine is also Adobe PDF, do you have anything that may help ?

Thanks

Helen

**ruseaworthy** · 03-17-2009, 05:42 AM

Can't help you with the "forbidden" use problem but for generating PDF reports from excel forms we prefer Win2PDF http://www.win2pdf.com/. We tried Creator but were unable to find a way of appending pages to build a multi-page report. We could only generate singe pages and we had to combine later which was far too time consuming. Once you download (there is a fully functional trial version as I recall) go to the help section under "Developer Information" - "Using the Printer Object".

Mike

**Helen W** · 03-17-2009, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by ruseaworthy

Can't help you with the "forbidden" use problem but for generating PDF reports from excel forms we prefer Win2PDF http://www.win2pdf.com/. We tried Creator but were unable to find a way of appending pages to build a multi-page report. We could only generate singe pages and we had to combine later which was far too time consuming. Once you download (there is a fully functional trial version as I recall) go to the help section under "Developer Information" - "Using the Printer Object".

Mike

Hi Mike,

As I previously mentioned, I am restricted to using Adobe Acrobat.

Do you have any other idea's ?

Helen