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Re: Question from Kevin Feeman on saving Excel pages in landscape mode in a PDF file:
I tried printing an Excel file to a PDF file using the Acrobat PDF Writer driver and this kept it in landscape. If that doesn't work, use Adobe Acrobat Exchange to select Document: Rotate Pages. You can select the pages of a PDF document (or the whole document) that you want to rotate, clockwise or counter-. You can even rotate the page "upside down" , although the benefit of this doesn't come immediately to mind.
Another feature is that when you print the file, you don't have to worry if your printer driver is set in the "wrong" mode - mine was set in "Portrait" and the Excel file still printed out in landscape. You can also print a file that's a mix of portrait and landscape pages and the pages will print out in their proper modes.
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