As the title suggests... I'm looking to expand my automating to include directly printing to PDF. The macro(s) I have written already formats the print area and page setup as I need it. But when I go to record my macros nothing for printing, changing printers or saving to file is captured.
The following procedure will create a batch of reports and save them as PDF documents. One thing to remember is it will copy the first 3 sheets (change to suit) to PDF. Sub PDFBatch 'Excel VBA to bach some files to PDF (very useful). / VBA to Create PDF from Excel Worksheet Then Email It With Outlook. I love this VBA! Only i want to save the pdf to a fixed directory without the user knowing it. Mar 24, 2016 Below is a simple VBA macro that will allow you to quickly turn your selected worksheet(s) into a PDF file in a snap. The code is written to save your document in the same folder as the Excel file currently resides. If you need to make modifications, hopefully, you will be able to follow along with. The VBA function provides a way of testing any file name your users provide to save the PDF document as. Function ValidFileName(FileName As String ) As Boolean 'PURPOSE: Determine If A Given Excel File Name Is Valid. Mar 13, 2019 Excel VBA - Save As PDF Files. In Excel 2010 and later, you can export a sheet, or a group of sheets, as a PDF file. This tutorial shows sample code for doing this.
Is there a way to accomplish this? I could even get by if it just required a save location prompt. The file name I would imagine could be auto-generated by grabbing existing info within the spreadsheet.
if you are using Excel 2010 and above, then Excel provides you with in internal add-in which allows you to save the file as PDF format. Use the following code in your macro to save your file as PDF
Here you can replace the path C:Users46506090DesktopBook1.pdf and file name to your liking.
Edit: If you intend to publish the entire workbook as PDF and not just the sheet you are working on just replace ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat to ActiveWorkbook.ExportAsFixedFormat
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*This is a guest post by Ryan Wells, a fellow blogger, and a brilliant VBA developer.*
If you work with Excel, you undoubtedly have been asked to create summaries of your work.
Sales reports, invoices, forecasts, schedules, you name it.
You know what all these documents have in common? They look great in PDF form. You know what else? Management loves PDFs!
Convert Excel to PDF
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Excel VBA to convert all kinds of Excel objects to PDFs:
I’m going to present each of the macros with some commentary. That way, you’ll be able to quickly find them, copy them to your VBA editor and use them.
When you run any of these macros, a Save As dialog box will appear asking you where you want to save your PDF. The default name includes the date and timestamp when you executed the macro in yyyymmdd_hhmmss format.
Let’s get right to it.
Here are the macros:
Print Selection To PDF
This one is my personal favorite. This macro will convert the cells you actively have selected into a PDF.
If you only have one cell selected, the VBA macro is smart enough to realize that you probably don’t want to convert just one cell so it asks you to select the range you want to convert:
Once you select the range and click OK, it will show a dialog box where you can select where you want to save the PDF.
It will automatically pick the date and time from your system’s clock and add it to the file name.
Vba Save Ppt To Pdf
Print One Table To PDF
A lot of Excel power users store their data into organized tables. As a matter of fact, Sumit Bansal himself likes Excel tables so much he calls them a hidden treasure in Excel.
Vba Save To Pdf Converter
This macro prints a table of your choosing to a PDF. When you run the macro, it will prompt you for the name of the table you want to save.
Once you enter the name of the table and click OK, it will show a dialog box where you can select where you want to save the PDF.
It will automatically pick the date and time from your system’s clock and add it to the file name.
Print All Tables To Separate PDFs
If your spreadsheet has several tables and you need to save each one to a separate PDF, you can run this VBA code.
When you run this macro, a dialog box will appear asking you to select the folder where you want to save your PDFs.
Once you pick your folder, the macro will save each table to a PDF with the table name conveniently appearing in the title of the PDF.
Vba Save Pdf To Sharepoint
Print All Sheets To One PDF
I don’t know about you, but in my line of work, we have to retain PDF copies of almost all our spreadsheets. We append the PDF copies of our spreadsheets to our design calculations. These PDFs used to be converted to microfiche and vaulted for long-term retention. You know, in case the apocalypse happened.
If you find yourself in a similar situation, it’s nice to be able to automatically convert all the sheets in your spreadsheet into one PDF. Here’s a VBA macro that will do just that:
Print Chart Sheets To PDF
This macro converts all your Chart Sheets into one PDF – but not your chart objects! By chart sheets, I mean the charts that have their own tab in your list of spreadsheet tabs:
Print Chart Objects To PDF
This macro saves all your normal charts – chart objects – into a single PDF. Regardless of which worksheet your chart is on, it will be grabbed and saved to a PDF.
There will only be one chart per page in the final PDF.
If you have any questions, drop them in the comments section, where Ryan and I will be waiting there for you.
You May Also Like the Following Excel Tutorials:
How to Embed a PDF File in an Excel Worksheet.
Excel VBA Loops – For Next, Do While, Do Until, For Each (with Examples).
How to Record a Macro in Excel – A Step by Step Guide.
How to Combine Multiple Workbooks into One Excel Workbook.
How to Run a Macro in Excel.
About the author: Ryan Wells is a Nuclear Engineer and professional VBA Developer. He publishes his easy to understand Excel VBA tutorials to help others write better macros. In addition to teaching VBA, Ryan is the lead developer of several Excel add-ins. You can find his tutorials on WellsR.com.
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