Excel to PDF

Convert Excel spreadsheets to PDF without opening a spreadsheet program

You have a workbook full of numbers and need to send someone a version they can open on any device without editing it. Email clients mangle spreadsheet formatting, and not everyone has a program that opens xlsx files. Excel to PDF turns that file into a document anyone can view on a phone, laptop, or tablet.

The tool turns every sheet in your workbook into pages that keep the rows and columns lined up as they appeared in the spreadsheet. It works from calculated values, so what you see is the number a formula produced, not the formula itself. This suits reports and data tables you want to hand off as a finished file rather than an editable workbook.

Your file travels over a secure connection and is removed from the server within an hour whether or not you download the result. There are no settings to configure.

Before you convert

• Check any very wide sheet in the result, since a lot of columns can end up cramped on a single page.
• Split a sprawling workbook into smaller sheets first if every column needs to stay readable.
• Remember this is a one-way conversion, so keep the original xlsx file if you plan to keep editing.
• For a document you still need to change afterward, share the spreadsheet instead of the PDF.