Export Excel workbooks, sheets & ranges into editable PDFs with our Excel Add-in. Or create editable PDFs from Word documents, pages & selections with our Word Add-in.
Our PDF exporter tools is intended for users and system administrators who want more flexibility when working with PDFs.
Work on your documents within the Excel or Word application, then use the Aspose.PDF Add-in to convert these spreadsheets and Word documents into PDFs in seconds. You can also compress your file before conversion to ensure your PDF is in an optimal file size for easy shareability.
When these add-ins are used, you can:
- Convert your XLSX or DOCX files into PDFs in seconds.
- Convert selected ranges, pages or worksheets into PDFs.
- Go to the Releases folder.
- Download the latest version.
- Run the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to install the add-in.
Warning! The current add-in version supports the desktop versions of Excel and Word.
Important! If you installed an add-in with an option "Install add-in for local instance of Office", refer to the Create Trusted Add-in Catalogs using Shared folders / Windows 11 section.
- Select
Home > Add-ins
from the Excel or Word ribbon, then selectGet Add-ins
. - Choose
SHARED FOLDER
at the top of the Office Add-ins dialog box. - Select the Aspose.PDF for Excel or Aspose.PDF for Word add-in and choose
Add to insert the add-in
. - Verify that your add-in is installed. The new button Aspose.PDF for Excel (Aspose.PDF for Word) should appear on the Home ribbon.
- For more information regarding add-in installation in Excel and Word software on Windows, please refer to Sideload Office Add-ins for testing from a network share.
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Share a folder:
- In
File Explorer
, go to the parent folder, or drive letter, of the folder you want to use as your shared folder catalog. - Open the context menu for the folder you want to use as your shared folder catalog (for example, right-click the folder) and choose
Properties
. - In the
Properties
dialog window, open theSharing
tab and choose theShare
button. - Within the
Network access
dialog window, add yourself and any other users and/or groups with whom you want to share your add-in. The folder must have at leastRead/Write
permission. After choosing people to share with, choose theShare
button. - When you see the
Your folder is shared
confirmation, note the full network path displayed immediately following the folder name. (You'll need to enter this value as the Catalog Url when you specify the shared folder as a trusted catalog, as described in the next section of this article.) Choose theDone
button to close theNetwork Access
dialog window. - Choose the
Close
button to close theProperties
dialog window. - Put the manifest XML file (the one you have edited and saved) into the shared folder.
- In
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Specify the shared folder as a trusted catalog:
- Open a new document in Excel.
- Choose the
File
tab, and then chooseOptions
. - Choose
Trust Center
and then theTrust Center Settings
button. - Choose
Trusted Add-in Catalogs
. - In the
Catalog Url
box, enter the full network path to the folder that you shared previously. If you failed to note the folder's full network path when you shared the folder, you can get it from the folder's Properties dialog window. - After entering the folder's full network path into the
Catalog Url
box, choose theAdd catalog button
. - Select the
Show in Menu
check box for the newly added item, and then click theOK
button to close the Trust Center dialog window. - Choose the
OK
button to close theOptions
dialog window. - Close and reopen the Excel application so your changes will occur.