# Purchase Order (or other reports) export to PDF

**URL:** <https://www.epiusers.help/t/purchase-order-or-other-reports-export-to-pdf/47585>\
**Category:** Epicor ERP 10\
**Created:** [September 7, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/purchase-order-or-other-reports-export-to-pdf/47585 "2018-09-07T12:36:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Evan\_Purdy](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/evan_purdy/32/69101_2.png) [@Evan\_Purdy](https://www.epiusers.help/u/Evan_Purdy)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/purchase-order-or-other-reports-export-to-pdf/47585/1 "2018-09-07T12:36:56Z")

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Hey,

We use the print preview feature to generate PDF’s sometimes, but it doesn’t allow you to pick the filename or location. Not a big deal, but kind of annoying.

Would there be some way of adding this functionality via customization or otherwise?

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**Author:** ![Banderson](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/banderson/32/50875_2.png) [@Banderson](https://www.epiusers.help/u/Banderson)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/purchase-order-or-other-reports-export-to-pdf/47585/2 "2018-09-07T16:28:37Z")

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You can install a pdf creator (cutePFD, BullZip, etc) that makes PDF’s for you. It acts just like a printer, but will give you the option to set the file location.

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**Author:** ![Evan\_Purdy](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/evan_purdy/32/69101_2.png) [@Evan\_Purdy](https://www.epiusers.help/u/Evan_Purdy)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/purchase-order-or-other-reports-export-to-pdf/47585/3 "2018-09-07T16:32:03Z")

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Ah, good thinking, I have used cutePDF in the past, not sure why that didn’t occur to me.

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**Author:** ![ckrusen](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/ckrusen/32/50584_2.png) [@ckrusen](https://www.epiusers.help/u/ckrusen)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/purchase-order-or-other-reports-export-to-pdf/47585/4 "2018-09-07T18:01:35Z")

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While the PDF created by E10 is automatically named and stored in a temp location, you can always Save As from the PDF viewer.

#1 in the following is the E10 generated faile name.  
#2 allows you to save it where ever, and with a new filename.

![image](https://epiusers.help/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b8a8cb6924dcfc448cd190ec9423461a9c0812bf.png)

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**Author:** ![Evan\_Purdy](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/evan_purdy/32/69101_2.png) [@Evan\_Purdy](https://www.epiusers.help/u/Evan_Purdy)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/purchase-order-or-other-reports-export-to-pdf/47585/5 "2018-09-07T20:58:28Z")

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Yeah, I didn’t understand what my coworker actually wanted. They wanted the automatic file name to be PO##### (## being the actual PO number) instead of whatever random thing Epicor uses. Probably would have to make a customization with a new button that made a PDF somehow… Probably not worth the time considering how many other things we want to do.

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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Moreng](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/aaron_moreng/32/745_2.png) [@Aaron\_Moreng](https://www.epiusers.help/u/Aaron_Moreng)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/purchase-order-or-other-reports-export-to-pdf/47585/6 "2018-09-07T21:02:59Z")

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If you have APR, you could create a print style that just names the file attachment and email it to yourself