I have the below script to export each excel sheet to a separate PDF page. It works fine, except for one small issue. I need the range Columns A:H to fit on one PDF page. How can I update the below script to make sure I export all information on one page for the specified columns?
Sub ExportToPDFs()
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In Worksheets
ws.Select
nm = ws.Name
ActiveSheet.Columns("A:H").ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, _
Filename:="C:\My Folder\" & nm & ".pdf", _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=False
Next ws
End Sub
I would set the print area to A:H and set scale to fit to 1 page wide and 1 page high through the Page Setup part of the Ribbon. Then the following code should work without having to mess with the scaling through VBA.
Sub ExportToPDFs()
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In Worksheets
ws.Select
nm = ws.Name
ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, _
Filename:="C:\My Folder\" & nm & ".pdf", _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=False
Next ws
End Sub
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Hi have 50+ sheets in my excel workbook and i want to save them individual pdf files.
I also want to save them in specific folder and want to name these files from certain cell.
I got the basic of basic, saving them individually to desktop, but having trouble saving to certain folder and name part.
Sub Save_As_PDF_To_Desktop_4()
Dim sh As Worksheet
For Each sh In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
If sh.Name <> "Instructions" And sh.Visible = True Then sh.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, Filename:= _
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").specialfolders("Desktop") & "\" & sh.Name & ".pdf" _
, Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, IgnorePrintAreas _
:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=False
Next sh
End Sub
Could someone assist me on this? Thanks!
I would like to eligible my PDF document to save, although within the sheets with specified color.
How can I do that?
Sub SavecolorTabtoPDF()
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
If Tab Color = "Blue, Accent 1, Darker 25%" Then
'export as pdf
ws.ExportAsFixedFormat _
Type:=xlTypePDF, _
Filename:="C:\" & Left(ws.Name, Len(ws.Name) - 2) & ".pdf", _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False, _
OpenAfterPublish:=True
End If
Next ws
End Sub
You want to loop through the sheets and create an array of sheets based on tab color.
This will create your array of sheets, then pdf them as one.
Sub MakeArraySheets()
Dim sh As Worksheet
Dim ArraySheets() As String
Dim x As Variant
For Each sh In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
If sh.Tab.ColorIndex = 55 Then
ReDim Preserve ArraySheets(x)
ArraySheets(x) = sh.Name
x = x + 1
End If
Next sh
Sheets(ArraySheets).Select
ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, Filename:= _
ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & ThisWorkbook.Name, _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=True
End Sub
dim wsheet as worksheet
For Each wsheet In Thisworkbook.Worksheets
if wsheet.tab.colorindex = 1 then
Worksheet.SaveAs(*parameters*)
end if
next wsheet
EDIT: The colorindex for your specified color is 55. Find out by filling a cell with that color and running "mgbox activecell.interior.colorindex"
EDIT2: Removed "interior" before colorindex
I'm trying to loop through all active sheets and save them as separate PDFs.
dim ws as worksheet
dim path as string
...
For Each ws In ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets
ws.ExportAsFixedFormat _
xlTypePDF, _
Filename:=path & ws.Name, _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
IncludeDocProperties:=False, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False, _
OpenafterPublish:=False
Next
It kind of works:
A PDF file is created for each selected sheet in the correct folder... but...
The contents of those PDF files are all the same. It is the Active Sheet being printed each time but with a different filename.
How to fix this? Keep in mind, I only want selected sheets to print.
EDIT: I'm too new to upvote. Thanks for your answers!
You need to Select the sheet before printing out.
Just add the command ws.Select right before ws.ExportAsFixedFormat and it will work:
For Each ws In ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets
ws.Select '<-- the only thing you have to add.
ws.ExportAsFixedFormat _
xlTypePDF, _
Filename:=path & ws.Name, _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
IncludeDocProperties:=False, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False, _
OpenafterPublish:=False
Next
Apart for this:
Tip 1: to avoid seeing the sheets jumping over and over, you can add Application.ScreenUpdating = False before the loop starts and then setting it back to Application.ScreenUpdating = True at the end of the loop.
Tip 2: for user friendliness, you can get the currently active sheet at the beginning of the loop with Dim currentlySelectedSheet As Worksheet: Set currentlySelectedSheet = ActiveSheet and when the loop ends, you just select it back with currentlySelectedSheet.Select so that the user won't see anything change in their screen when running your macro.
Option Explicit
Sub Save_SelectedSheets_AsPdf()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim path As String
Dim actSheet As Worksheet
'...
Set actSheet = ActiveSheet
For Each ws In ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets
ws.Select
ws.ExportAsFixedFormat _
xlTypePDF, _
Filename:=path & ws.Name, _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
IncludeDocProperties:=False, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False, _
OpenafterPublish:=False
Next
actSheet.Select
End Sub
Sub Create_5_Sheets_and_name_them()
Dim iCt As Integer
For iCt = 2 To 5
Sheets.Add after:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)
ActiveSheet.Name = "Sh" & iCt
Range("A1").Value = ActiveSheet.Name
Next iCt
End Sub
you can specify it like this before you export it to pdf
I recorded a macro.
It works if all of the sheets are visible but when I hide a sheet it will not save to pdf.
This is the code.
Sub save_pdf()
'
' save_pdf Macro
'
'
Sheets(Array("TITLE", "CML", "CLUSTER", "ORS", "MOBILE", "YPS", "DEVICES", "PORTS")).Select
Sheets("TITLE").Activate
ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, fileName:= _ Sheets("MAIN").Range("customer_name") + " - Project Initiation_ Document.pdf", Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True,_ IgnorePrintAreas:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=True
Sheets("MAIN").Select
End Sub
Something like this:
Sub ExportVisible()
Dim shts, sht As Worksheet, s, i As Long
shts = Array("TITLE", "CML", "CLUSTER", "ORS", "MOBILE", "YPS", "DEVICES", "PORTS")
i = 0
For Each s In shts
Set sht = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(s)
If sht.Visible = xlSheetVisible Then
i = i + 1
sht.Select (i = 1) '"replace" parameter true when i=1
End If
Next s
'Sheets("TITLE").Activate '<<EDIT: remove this
ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, _
Filename:=Sheets("MAIN").Range("customer_name").Value & _
" - Project Initiation_Document.pdf ", _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=True
End Sub
It's likely due to the use of .Select. We want to avoid using .Select wherever possible. Instead, just set a loop to go through each worksheet in your workbook.
Sub save_PDFs()
Dim sht As Worksheet
For Each sht In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
sht.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, fileName:=Sheets("MAIN").Range("customer_name") + " - Project Initiation_ Document.pdf", Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, IgnorePrintAreas:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=True
Next sht
End Sub
However, if you want only visible sheets, then do this:
Sub save_PDFs()
Dim sht As Worksheet
For Each sht In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
If sht.Visible = True Then sht.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, fileName:=Sheets("MAIN").Range("customer_name") + " - Project Initiation_ Document.pdf", Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, IgnorePrintAreas:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=True
Next sht
End Sub
I have a workbook with many worksheets. I would like to save as two-page PDFs, where the first page is Worksheet 1, and the second page is Worksheets 2-x. My code currently only allows me to save individual PDFs for each worksheet in the workbook. I am wondering what to add to it to make it do this. Can anyone share some advice?
Thanks!
Option Explicit
Sub createPDFfiles()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim Fname As String
For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
On Error Resume Next
Fname = "C:\Folder\" & ws.Name & "Report" & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & ".pdf"
ws.ExportAsFixedFormat _
Type:=xlTypePDF, _
Filename:=Fname, _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False
Next ws
End Sub
You are enumerating through the worksheets and doing your save inside that loop. That is why you are getting one PDF per worksheet. Try using just workbook instead of ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets.
Gah. It was staring me in the face the whole time. I amended the code to include a selection, and named the second worksheet ws.Name. Final script looks like this:
Option Explicit
Sub createPDFfiles()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim Fname As String
For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
On Error Resume Next
Fname = "C:\Folder\" & ws.Name & "Report" & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & ".pdf"
Sheets(Array("Sheet1", ws.Name)).Select
ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat _
Type:=xlTypePDF, _
Filename:=Fname, _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False
Next ws
End Sub
Thanks for your help everyone!