
xls formats have been around for quite a while and both have always been popular among users, the possibility to export Excel files directly to PDF appeared in Excel 2007.

These days PDF is arguably one of the most popular file formats.

You may also want to convert your Excel spreadsheet into a neater PDF format for a media kit, presentation and reports, or make a file that can be opened and read by all users, even if they don't have Microsoft Excel installed, for example on a tablet or phone.

This short tutorial describes 4 possible ways to convert Excel files to PDF - by using Excel's Save As feature, Adobe software, online Excel to PDF converters and desktop tools.Ĭonverting an Excel worksheet to PDF is often necessary if you want to let other users view your data but not edit it.
