Export PDF from a Google Sheet (WITH OPTIONS!)

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Export PDF from a Google Sheet (WITH OPTIONS!)

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Export Google Sheet to PDF Explained

Let's export a PDF from a Google Sheet

format=pdf

At the end of a Google Sheet url you'll add /export and then a question mark:

/export?format=pdf

While your original URL will have "/edit#gid="_____ some GID, you should

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NiBkb0xwMvljLPG1e9wOStx71PFu9CwYdz7aDzuzDtA/edit#gid=0

A pdf export URL will look like this:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NiBkb0xwMvljLPG1e9wOStx71PFu9CwYdz7aDzuzDtA/export?format=pdf

More PDF Options

There are more options you can add to a PDF export URL. To add these options just add an ampersand between the options.

The end of a url might look like this

/export?format=pdf&size=1&fzr=false&portrait=true&fitw=true

and you can keep adding options of your choice.

Size

size=

Select a number between 1 and 10

size= paper size. 0=letter, 1=tabloid, 2=Legal, 3=statement, 4=executive, 5=folio, 6=A3, 7=A4, 8=A5, 9=B4, 10=B5

Repeat Row Headers

fzr=

Choose either true or false

Portrait or Landscape

portrait=

choose either true or false

When you select false that is landscape

fit window or actual size

fitw=

choose either true or false

true is Fit window, false is Actula size

Show Gridlines or Hide Gridlines

gridlines=

choose either true or false

True shows gridlines, while false hides gridlines.

Show Title in PDF

printtitle=

choose either true or false

Show Page Numbers or Not

pagenum=

Choose eitehr Center or Undefined.

CENTER = show page numbers

UNDEFINED = do not show page numbers

Attach to an Email

attachment = true/false

Leave this as true, but this type of selection can be used in Apps Script to send a pdf as an attachment in an email.

Sheet Id if you want a specific sheet

gid=

Add a SheetId for the sheet you want to create a pdf of.

The first sheet will be 0. others will have a unique ID.

Leave this completely off the url, for all sheets.

Export a Range from a google Sheet as a PDF

You will need all the below selections to export a range.

SheetID (as gid), Start Row, Start Column, End Row, and End Column.

Sheet ID

gid=sheetId

gid must be included. The first sheet will be 0. others will have a unique ID you can see in the url of your browser.

ir=false

This selection seems to be always false. As per tests.

ic=false

same as ir, always false.

Start Row

r1=

this must be the start Row number minus 1. Therefore row 1 would be 0 , row 15 would be 14, and you can do the math on the rest of them.

Start Column

c1=

This must be the start column number minus 1 . Therefore column 1 would be 0, column 2 would be 1, and so on and so on. You can do the math yourself.

End Row

r2=

This is the End Row number

End Column

c2=

This is the end column number


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