Print Comments while saving to PDF

Aspose.Cells provides the following enums to support the printing comments while saving PDF

Code Snippet

The following sample code illustrates how to use PrintCommentsType enum to print comments while saving to PDF.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-cells/Aspose.Cells-for-Java
// The path to the documents directory.
String dataDir = Utils.getDataDir(PrintComments.class);
// Create a workbook from source Excel file
Workbook workbook = new Workbook(dataDir + "source.xlsx");
// Access first worksheet
Worksheet worksheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
// Print no comments
worksheet.getPageSetup().setPrintComments(PrintCommentsType.PRINT_NO_COMMENTS);
// Print the comments as displayed on sheet
worksheet.getPageSetup().setPrintComments(PrintCommentsType.PRINT_IN_PLACE);
// Print the comments at the end of sheet
worksheet.getPageSetup().setPrintComments(PrintCommentsType.PRINT_SHEET_END);
// Save workbook in pdf format
workbook.save(dataDir + "out.pdf");
  • Convert Excel file to PDF format compatible with PDFA-1a