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Excel to PDF conversion loses formatting an shadow boxes

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2007-11-26 20:56:48
flippythewalrus
Registered: Nov 26 2007
Posts: 3

Hello, I purchased Acrobat 8.0 Prof. to convert spreadsheets to pdf files. Unfortunately, when I convert to PDF my formatting is lost: The pages are cut off and my shadow box ends up all over the place.
 
The file prints perfectly to any of my printers, but the page breaks don't even match those in the print preview of the Acrobat PDF printer selection.
 
I have tried re-setting the print area/clearing the print area/printing selection/and reducing size, but nothing seems to solve the problem. These were the only suggestions I could find on the forum. Isn't Acrobat supposed to export the file seamlessly?
Any help would be appreciated.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Windows
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2007-12-05 11:05:16
#1
lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Hi flippythewalrus,

Make sure that you have your Adobe PDF printer set as the default before creating the PDF. If your formatting isn't maintained, it may be because the Office products re-format pages based on the particular printer that is selected. Here is a link to additional tips for converting Excel to PDF:
[url=http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=328398&sliceId=2]http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=328398&sliceId=2[/url]Hope this helps,
Lori

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2008-09-10 11:50:18
#2
trgshark
Registered: Sep 10 2008
Posts: 1
I have Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard and am experiencing similar problems. The file prints perfectly to any of my printers. The page breaks matchthose in the print preview of the Acrobat PDF printer selection. I have reset the print area. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Adobe. I have started my computer in safe mode.

I have had these problems since I converted to Office 2007. I did not have these problems in Office 2003.

I have even followed your suggestion and set Adobe pdf as my default printer, but pdfs from Excel are cut off on the bottom. I have to add 3 lines to the print area in order for everything to pdf without cutting it off. The pdf then looks all distorted.

I was on the phone with Adobe today and they were unable to help me. Is there anything else you might suggest?
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