Question : MS Excel 2007 & PDF - Exporting to PDF takes long hours!

Hi Experts,

I have an Excel sheet that has a 36 pages of formatted tables and images.

I export to PDF by choosing the PDF printer from the printer list (I have Adobe professional).

Why does it take 4-5 hours to do so?

I thought the problem might be with my Excel file, I created a new one with the same content but it took the same time, I even saved it as Excel 2003 (currently 2007) just to see if the speed will change but not changed!

Any recommendation?

Answer : MS Excel 2007 & PDF - Exporting to PDF takes long hours!

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http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/87803/a-linux-answer-windows-sbs-clearos?page=0%2C0

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