Seriously, it's 2020 now and the PDFMaker plugin still requires files to be saved, closed and re-opened when you make a PDF in Excel, Word, etc. Other PDF-saving methods do not require this, they simply "print" a PDF like any rational plugin would do. Saving, closing and re-opening files becomes painful when you're dealing with large, slow files, especially if you are using a remote/VPN connection to files. Please re-write the PDFMaker plugin to take the more sensible approach.