Adobe Acrobat PDFMaker (the Convert To Adobe PDF button in the PDFMaker toolbar/tab) is an add-in that creates PDF files from Microsoft Office applications. This feature installs with Acrobat Professional and Standard.
Curt Frye provides a comprehensive overview of Excel for Mac 2016, including manipulating workbook and cell data, using functions, printing worksheets, and collaborating with others. Nov 18, 2011 We have a bank with a very odd printing issue. Periodically and seemingly randomly they cannot print from excel. You can print a word doc, internet page, whatever else and it.
In MS Office 2003 and earlier, PDFMaker uses Adobe PDF Printer to a create a PostScript file. Then, Adobe PDF printer interfaces with the Adobe Acrobat Distiller application to create a PDF file. In MS Office 2007, 2010, 2016, and 365, PDFMaker uses the AdobePDF Library to convert a Microsoft Office document to PDF.
Acrobat Distiller or Adobe PDF Printer can also be used independently to create PDF files. This document can help you troubleshoot problems that occur when you try to create PDF files from Office applications using Acrobat PDFMaker. Although this document is specific to Microsoft Word, most of the troubleshooting procedures also apply to Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel. If the file indicates why Acrobat Distiller couldn't create the PDF file, use the search text box on to search for related documents. For example, if the file lists a PostScript error, troubleshoot the error according to the recommendations in. If the file doesn't indicate why Acrobat Distiller couldn't create the PDF file, create a Word document that contains only a few words. Then try to create a PDF file from that document using the Adobe PDF printer and the Acrobat Distiller application:.
If you can create a PDF file from the new document, the problem could be related to PDFMaker. If you can't create a PDF file from the new document, use a file from another application.
Then try to create a PDF file with Acrobat Distiller. If the problem occurs with the file from another application, reinstall Acrobat Distiller. If the problem doesn't occur with the file from another application, troubleshoot the specific behavior using the documents listed in Related Content. If you need further assistance, contact Acrobat Technical Support. If you can't create a PDF file, proceed to. If you can create a PDF file, determine which features cause the problem: Enable one feature, and try to create a PDF file.
Repeat this process until the problem recurs. Then, create a Word document that contains only a few words. Try to create a PDF file from that document using the same Acrobat PDFMaker settings:. If you can create a PDF file from the new document, the problem is document-specific. If you can't create a PDF file from the new document, then the feature most recently enabled continues to cause problems.
Reinstall Acrobat PDFMaker. If the problem persists, contact. Do one or more of the following:. Copy and paste the content of the Word document into a new document, and then create the PDF file.
Select all the text in the document, change its font, and then save the document with a new name. Word rewrites the document, which can eliminate elements that conflict with Acrobat PDFMaker. After you save the document, you can reformat it in the desired font. If the document was created in a version of Word other than the one you use to create the PDF file, make a small change to the document. Then save it with a new name. This procedure forces Word to rewrite the document, possibly eliminating any elements that conflict with Acrobat PDFMaker. If the problem recurs, a conflicting element exists in the new Word document.
To further isolate the conflicting element, repeat steps 1-3, and copy half of the second Word document into another new Word document. If the problem does not occur, a conflicting element exists in the original Word document. To further isolate the problem, repeat steps 1-3, and copy the other half of the original Word document into another new Word document. If both halves of the document convert correctly, close other programs that are running, including the Office application.
Delete.tmp files (often located in the Windows/Temp folder). PDFMaker can conflict with other macros, such as virus checkers or fax software. If other troubleshooting tasks fail, or if PDFMaker has problems after installing a third-party macro, troubleshoot conflicts with other macros.
Macros known to cause incompatibilities include Duden Korrektor Plus 2.0, ViaVoice 10 and earlier, Personal Translator 2002 Office Plus, OfficeReady Stuffit, Leuchter Informatic AG WordPlus, and GoldMine Link to Word. To determine if PDFMaker is conflicting with another macro, delete or deactivate other macros one at a time (refer applicable link below). Then try again to convert a document to a PDF using PDFMaker. If the problem does not recur, contact the manufacturer of that macro. If you resolve the issue when you use the /a switch to start Word, remove each of the components that load during Word startup. Remove these components one at a time in the order that they appear in Word.
The following components load during Word startup:. Word auto macros. global template (Normal.dot). Add-ins (WLLs). Templates in the Word Startup folder and the Office Startup Folders. COM add-ins.
Word Data key in the Windows registry. Word Options key in the Windows registry. Word Auto Macros Note: Refer the following Microsoft Product Support Services for additional Word startup troubleshooting:. For instructions on how to rename the global template file, see the section 'Global Template (Normal.dotm or Normal.dot)' in the Microsoft Support article,.
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Scroll down the page to get to the article. Important: Do not use /a switch to restart Word after you complete the steps. If you resolve the issue when you rename the global template, then the issue is a damaged Normal.dot template.
It's sometimes necessary to change several settings to restore your options. If the Normal.dot file you renamed contains customizations, such as styles, macros, or AutoText entries that cannot be easily re-created, try using the Organizer to copy those customizations from the old Normal.dot file to the new Normal.dot file. For more information about how to use the Organizer, follow these steps.
I have been implementing an EXCEL solution for a client that uses EXCEL 2016 on a MAC. After a deep dive on AppletScript, I managed to replace many of the VBA code to AppleScript so EXCEL behaves properly on MAC.
However, one thing that VBA does not do well is exporting charts/images to PDF. This is a big show stopper for me. The good news is that if I save the file as PDF (manually), the charts/images are printed correctly. So, after watching some of the cool things this tool can do, I was wondering if it is possible to create a script that will mimic the process of printing an EXCEL sheet to PDF and output the PDF to a folder.
Is this something latenightsw can help with? Thanks This is the VBA code that does not print to PDF the charts. ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, FileName:= 'sample.pdf' , Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, IgnorePrintAreas :=False, OpenAfterPublish:=False. Since this post is quite recent & directly applies I wanted to insert myself into the conversation. I am trying to create a script I can use to save an entire Excel Document (not a single sheet) as a PDF.
I am finding that the final save step is not working. I get an ambiguous error from “Microsoft Excel got an error: Parameter Error” and the error window had a -50 in the lower left corner which I believe is the error code (the screen shot of the error screen from Script Debugger is attached). The script I am using is included below and the save step is the same as the example in the previous posts.
I have tried several different variants of the save step using different dictionary versions of save (Standard Suite & MS Office Suite) and all result in the same error. I am wondering if the issue is either sandbox related or perhaps a setting in Excel that I have not uncovered. I have “borrowed” the SplitString function from the previous posts so thanks! Save as PDF is not working correctly with Excel 2011. I suspect it’s the same with 2016 Here’s a workaround to save the active sheet including charts: tell application 'Microsoft Excel' activate set activeSheet to entryindex of active sheet set visible of sheets whose entryindex ≠ activeSheet to false save as active sheet file format PDF file format filename 'fileName.pdf' set visible of sheets to true end tell filename has to be in HFS format if you pass a full path (not a posix path or an alias). “HardDrive:Users:UserName:Desktop:FileName.pdf”) If you pass only the name (e.g “FileName.pdf”) the file will be saved in the container of the Excel file.
Note that the sheet name will be added at end of file name. Powered by, best viewed with JavaScript enabled.