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Word 2016 Exporting Document

Anonymous
2015-10-04T16:34:16+00:00

I just installed Microsoft Office 2016 and now on Word I am unable to export my document to a PDF file. Help!

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-05-16T09:18:31+00:00

    I'm have the same issue. Can't generate a PDF file from the Microsoft office Word 2016. This is the notice that appeared upon exporting PDF.

    I have tried reinstalling the Microsoft Office 2016, and then repairing the program, still there was no changes.

    Weird thing is, I can't generate PDF file from Word, but I can generate PDF documents from Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint.

    Please someone help in this.

    I've tried using the PrimoPDF but the images appeared blurry. Not good.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-06T08:12:37+00:00

    Unfortunately that doesn't work. I'm experiencing the same issue. (Running Office 2016 on Windows 10, Surface 3 Pro)

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-10-05T02:51:08+00:00

    I cannot replicate the issue here in Word 2016 on a Windows 10 computer.  You might try repairing the Office installation via the Control Panel as detailed in the Knowledge Base article at:

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Repair-an-Office-application-7821d4b6-7c1d-4205-aa0e-a6b40c5bb88b?CorrelationId=1b0030f4-8cc5-4485-b495-810e2a7d1284&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

    As a work around, download the free PrimoPDF convertor that will install itself as a printer and use it to "print" the document to a pdf file.  It actually has a few features that the Office pdf creator lacks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-05T02:42:17+00:00

    Hi Harsha,

    I am receiving an error message when I go to File>Export>Publish as PDF or when I go File>Share>Email as PDF. The error message says "file could not be exported due to an unexpected error." I get the same error message when I they save as and choose PDF from the drop down.  I have restarted my computer numerous times and uninstalled Office 2016 twice.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-10-04T18:13:30+00:00

    Hi,

    Welcome to Microsoft Community.

    Could you provide more information about the same?

    Do you get any error message.

    As a workaround let us click File-- save as and choose pdf from the drop down list.

    Hope this information helps you. Please let us know if you need additional information.

    Thank you.

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