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Kluski
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Printing an Excel document to PDF

I have an excel document in Dropbox. I want to print or save it as a pdf (doesn't matter which, ,just need to convert it). I try "print as PDF" and there is a download button. I click 'print to pdf' ...
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Kluski
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
I tried both in Chrome and in Microsoft Edge. When I go to download in both browsers it is blank, no indication of the file being 'printed to pdf' or downloaded from Dropbox
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Nancy
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3 years ago

Thanks for giving that a go. 

 

Is this happening for any file that you’re trying to convert to a PDF or just the specific one? Can you check this with another file, if possible, and let me know how it goes? 

 

Also, I'd like you to open an incognito window on your Chrome browser and log in to your Dropbox account from there. Dos this allow you to convert your file to a PDF perhaps?

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    Kluski
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago
    It is excel files in general. I can convert Word docs and jpg to pdf, just not excel. And I originally tried with incognito mode.
    • Hannah's avatar
      Hannah
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      3 years ago

      Hey Kluski, sorry to jump in here, but I'm afraid that Excel files cannot currently be converted through Dropbox.

       

      You can see a list of file types you can convert here.

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        Kluski
        Explorer | Level 3
        3 years ago
        Thanks for letting me know. I'm 2023 that is rather shocking that this isn't a capability that's available. Hopefully this catches up to the rest of modern day technology.

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