If I have a dlcument in word or any other office application, I often want to export that to pdf and share it with someone. When I “export as pdf” the file, it works almost instantly, but it takes several minutes before the pdf becomes visible in ly filesystem. Why does it take so long for the pdf to show up, eventhougj it has been created sucvesfully.
The process of creating the pdf even ends with the pdf being opened in my pdfviewer.
I know microsoft sucks, but I’m bound to it for reasons. So I’d like to understand why it su ks this time.
Like the other commenter said, try pressing F5, or right-click the empty space in a folder and click “refresh”. The file is likely there, but sometimes Explorer just doesn’t update immediately for whatever reason.
May just be file system view needs a refresh. I see this all the time. Hit F5 on the Explorer view to force a refresh.
Only ever takes me seconds to create a PDF (when I do it, which is rarely).
You could also save it in an old version of Word - pretty much any app can read versions like Word 97 these days, or choose another (open) document format.
Friends don’t let friends voluntarily use PDF.
Is there an open-source file format for print? PDFs are still so widely used because they’re the only format (that I’m aware of) where you can take what you see on your screen, send it to someone else, and it will look/print exactly the same way. I’d love it if there was an equivalent FOSS option that I didn’t need a pirated Adobe Acrobat to edit effectively.
What do you suggest to use instead?
PDF has some significant advantages, like fixed formatting and embedded fonts; things you don’t get with docs, docsx or even odt. It’s not meant for files that you have to edit much, but it’s perfectly suitable as a pre-print format and for archiving stuff.
I too hate that it’s so inherently tied to Adobe (or other costly software), but I still use it regularly, despite using Linux and FOSS exclusively for years now.
I remember seeing a post several months ago about how Copilot being enabled in MS programs caused horrible slowdowns (with some speculation that it was sending data to MS servers and waiting for responses). That might be something to look into if you’re allowed to disable Copilot at all