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Excel File Saving as PDF
I'm having a problem where when I save an Excel file it saves as a pdf. It still has the extension xlsx, but the icon identifies it as a pdf. (See attached screen shot that shows Toby Fund Donors.xls...
- Nevermind, I just saw what to click on to change the default ... and it worked! So thank you for your help.
Hi, did you try to change the default opening application?
Just like this : Right mouse click on the document ( Here : Toby found donors ), --> " Open with "
select Excel in the list, or try " select another application "
If it doesn't work, you can look at the settings, Apps > Default apps and click " Choose the default applications by file type ", maybe you will find .xlsx and choose Excel !
Just like this : Right mouse click on the document ( Here : Toby found donors ), --> " Open with "
select Excel in the list, or try " select another application "
If it doesn't work, you can look at the settings, Apps > Default apps and click " Choose the default applications by file type ", maybe you will find .xlsx and choose Excel !
This was a great relief! Thank you!Maison_Attrape_reve
- Nevermind, I just saw what to click on to change the default ... and it worked! So thank you for your help.
A pleasure ! 🙂🙂
I found Choose a Default App in Settings and see a list in which the .xlsx extension is associated with Adobe Acrobat Document. So that identifies the problem. But I'm not seeing an option to actually change the default app. There's just the list.
