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Excel freezes when formatting cells
When I try to format a cell in Excel - bolding, underlining, switching font size - the program freezes and I need to re-start. Is a new issue from last 2 days having worked without problems previous...
- This may sound ridiculously simple, but try to change your default printer to PDF. I have suffered from the same problem and this helped instantly.
This may sound ridiculously simple, but try to change your default printer to PDF. I have suffered from the same problem and this helped instantly.
This just happened to me today and the solution worked! Thank you!!
THill9999 Where? Where do we set this? In Excel Print dialogue? Or in Windows Printers? TIA
Hi MarioPetrella, on windows 10 I just went to Settings > Printers & scanners > select: Microsoft print to PDF under the list of Printers & scanners > click: Manage > select: Set as default. When you go back to the Printers & scanners menu, it should say Default underneath Microsoft print to PDF...
- Please note that you need to untick "Let Windows manage my default printer" from directly under Settings > Printers & Scanners to be able to select default printer.
I solved my issue by going in Excel and selecting File, Print, Printer and selecting a printer. I did not have a printer listed when I experienced my issue.
