can excel save as a tif?

[nick r.]

is it possible to save an excel worksheet as a tif? or perhaps convert it to one?

 

[dtaylor]

you could use the print screen button (while viewing your excel file) and then paste into any program that handles graghics and then save as ".tif"

I have done this before..there might be a better way but this has worked for me.

dan

 

[manney]

Screen capture is as old as Windows, but few people take advantage of it.

Pressing PrintScreen captures the whole screen, while the key combination Alt + PrintScreen stores the active window (useful if you're not running full screen)

Nothing seems to happen (i.e., no message). Launch a program that handles graphics, press CTRL-V (Paste) and your spreadsheet-- including tool bars, etc-- will appear. You may then wish to crop.

TIFFs can get quite large (hey, I remember the days of 100K floppies!). You may wish to consider converting to fewer colors (256) or grayscale. You could also convert to JPG, which can be read by a wide variety of programs, and will dramatically reduce the file size.

Have fun!
P Manney

 

[nick r.]

thanks, folks. i am aware of the screen dump option, i was just wondering if there was a built-in way to do it from excel, or maybe an external program that could be used.
thanks again! and if anyone else has a comment, please post!

 

[royUK]

You can use the free asap addin from http://www.asap-utilities.com
From the Export Menu you can save the selected range as an image. Works great!!
This message was edited by royUK on 2002-10-10 13:53

 

[invisigirl]

Roy - I have ASAP, and I had never noticed that option. How wonderful! Thanks so much for the suggestion!

 

[dtaylor]

thanks roy...i downloaded the file and it's awesome...