Convert Excel to PDF from the right-click menu

Select a workbook, hold Shift, right-click and pick Document, then PDF. The PDF is saved next to the spreadsheet. You do not open Excel yourself, and nothing is uploaded.

Free to try. 10 conversions a week, no account needed.

How to convert Excel to PDF with Flecto

1. Select the workbookClick the XLSX file (or XLS, XLSM, XLSB, ODS, CSV or TSV) in File Explorer.
2. Hold Shift and right-clickFlecto opens a dial of categories beside your cursor. Choose Document.
3. Pick PDFXPS is offered too, and the Spreadsheet category converts between XLSX, XLS, XLSB, ODS, CSV and TSV.
4. Find the PDF next to the originalThe new file is saved beside the original, which stays untouched.

Good to know

• The PDF follows the page setup saved in the workbook: orientation, margins, scaling and print areas, the same as saving a PDF from Excel itself.
• Workbooks open read-only with macros disabled, and the original file is never changed.
• Several files at once: choose Merge into one PDF or Separate PDFs, and set the order with Move up and Move down.
• Word, Excel and PowerPoint conversions use the desktop Microsoft Office app you already have installed.
• The free plan includes 10 conversions every week. Failed or cancelled files do not count.

Getting a clean PDF from a spreadsheet

Spreadsheets have no natural page size, so a wide table can spill across several PDF pages. The fix is in the workbook: in Excel’s Page Layout tab set the orientation to Landscape and Scale to Fit to 1 page wide, save, then convert. Flecto uses whatever page setup the file contains.

A PDF is the safe way to send figures to someone who should read them, not edit them. Formulas, hidden columns and other sheets you did not mean to share stay behind in the workbook, as long as they are outside what Excel would print.

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