How to save selection or entire workbook as PDF in Excel?

In many cases, you may only want to save or export selected ranges as PDF, or save the whole workbook but not only current worksheet as PDF. How to deal with it?

Of course, you can copy selected ranges to a new worksheet and save it as PDF file; or save each worksheet separately as PDF files. But here we will show you a tricky way to save selections or entire workbook as one PDF file in Microsoft Excel quickly, and save multiple workbooks in a specified folder to separated PDF files at once.

Save selection or single workbook as PDF with Save as function

Easily save selection as PDF with Kutools for Excel

Save each worksheet as separated PDF file in a workbook at once with Kutools for Excel

Save selection or single workbook as PDF with Save as function

Step 1: Select the ranges that you will save as PDF file.

If you want to save the entire workbook as one PDF file, just skip this step.

Step 2: Click the File > Save as.

Step 3: In the Save As dialog box, select the PDF item from the Save as type: drop down list.

Step 4: Click the Options… button at the bottom of Save As dialog box.

Step 5: In the Options dialog box, check the Selection option or Entire workbook option according to your needs.

Step 6: Click OK to dismiss the dialog boxes.

Then the selected range or the entire workbook is saved as a single PDF file.

Easily save selection as PDF with Kutools for Excel

This section will introduce the Export Range to File utility of Kutools for Excel, it can help you save a selected range as PDF file easily. Please do as follows.

1. Select the range you want to save as PDF file, and then click Kutools Plus> Import / Export > Export Range to File. See screenshot:

2. In the Export Range to File dialog box, you need to:

A: Select PDF option in the File format section;

B: If you want to keep the formatting, row heights and column widths of selection, please check the Preserve formatting / row heights / column widths options in the Workbook options section;

C: Click the button to select a folder to save the PDF file;

D: Click the OK button.

Note: If you want to directly open the PDF file after exporting, please check the Open the file after exporting box.

3. Now another Export Range to File dialog box pops up, type a name for the PDF file in the box, then click the OK button.

Now the selection is successfully saved as PDF file.

Save each worksheet as separated PDF file in a workbook at once with Kutools for Excel

You can save each worksheet or specific worksheet in a workbook as separated PDF file with the Split Workbook utility.

1. Click Kutools Plus > Workbook > Split Workbook. See screenshot:

2. In the Split Worksheet dialog box, please check the worksheets you need to save as individual PDF files in the Worksheet name box, in the Options section, check the Save as type box, and select PDF (*.pfd) from the drop-down list, and then click the Split button. In the popping up Browse for Folder dialog box, select a folder for saving these pdf files, and finally click the OK button. See screenshot:

Then all selected worksheets are saved as individual PDF file immediately.

Demo: Save selection or each worksheet as PDF with Kutools for Excel

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