Sometimes you want to convert Excel to a PDF.
You may be making a presentation to your boss, or sending someone financial statements. And you don’t want to use a live spreadsheet.
This is incredibly easy to do in Excel. It literally takes 3 seconds.
Yet I often see advertorials selling useless rip-off third party software to convert Excel to a PDF.
I don’t want you to waste your time and money, so here’s all you have to do:
- Go to the File menu
![Convert Excel to a PDF - File menu](https://i0.wp.com/rockstarexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/Convert-Excel-to-a-PDF-File-menu.jpg?resize=300%2C130&ssl=1)
- Click Export
- Click the Create PDF/XPS button.
![Convert Excel to a PDF - Export and Create PDF buttons](https://i0.wp.com/rockstarexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/Convert-Excel-to-a-PDF-Export-and-Create-PDF.jpg?resize=409%2C260&ssl=1)
- Click Publish. (Or change the name and folder first, if you don’t like the defaults.)
![Convert Excel to a PDF - Publish button.](https://i0.wp.com/rockstarexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/Convert-Excel-to-a-PDF-Publish-button.jpg?resize=309%2C278&ssl=1)
And you’re done.
(If you’re interested in the Excel Can Do Research For You video/blog post I used as an example, you can find it here.)