This was posted in the NG a couple of days ago:
Acrobat 7 uses a new method for making the PDFMaker available to Office
apps. You don't need to uninstall Acrobat itself but you do need to edit the
Windows registry.
You need to find the key
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\PDFMaker.OfficeAddin]
and change the subkey called "LoadBehavior" from a value of 3 to 0.
: Well, I was looking for that *.dot file and couldn't find it. But if
: Adobe changed this... Thank you anyway, I think I just have to wait
: for an Acrobat patch!
:
: Thorsten
:
: > Evidently this is no longer possible, since Adobe has gone to a COM
add-in,
: > and there is no .dot add-in in the Startup folder.
: >
: > --
: > Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > Words into Type
: > Fairhope, Alabama USA
:
: > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
: > all may benefit.
: >
: > : > > Thanks for your solutions, but I don't know how to
: > >
: > > > remove the Adobe add-ins from the Word Start-up folder
: > >
: > > or to
: > >
: > > > remove PDFMaker.dot from the Startup folder but leave it available
as an
: > add-in that can be loaded as needed
: > >
: > > Could you help me with this, please?
: > >
: > > Greetings,
: > >
: > > Thorsten
: > >
: > >
: > >
: > >
: > : > > > Other options are to use Shift+File/Close All or Save All to force
Word
: > to
: > > > save Normal.dot or to remove PDFMaker.dot from the Startup folder
but
: > leave
: > > > it available as an add-in that can be loaded as needed.
: > > >
: > > > --
: > > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > > > Words into Type
: > > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
: > >
: > > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
: > newsgroup so
: > > > all may benefit.
: > > >
: > > > "TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
: > > > : > > > > It is an Adobe problem.
: > > > >
: > > > > Previous versions of Adobe Acrobat forced Word to save normal.dot
: > > > everytime
: > > > > it closed. Adobe's work around is to mark the normal template as
: > clean - a
: > > > > worse solution because now you cannot save any changes at all.
: > > > >
: > > > > If you remove the Adobe add-ins from the Word Start-up folder, it
will
: > > > stop
: > > > > this idiotic behaviour. However, you will have to use File, Print
and
: > > > select
: > > > > Acrobat to create your PDFs.
: > > > >
: > > > > Terry
: > > > >
: > > > >
: > > > > : > > > > : Yes, I've installed Acrobat Pro 7 a couple of days later. I
already
: > > > > : found some people with the same problem in the Adobe Forum:
: > > > > :
: > > > > :
: >
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/[email protected]@.3bb7c439
: > > > > :
: > > > > : But they don't have a "real" solution. On the Microsoft page, I
: > > > > : couldn't find the problem at all.
: > > > > :
: > > > > : Thanks,
: > > > > :
: > > > > : Thorsten
: > > > > :
: > > > > : "TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
: > > > > : > > > > : > Have you recently install Acrobat v7 or anything else that
places
: > an
: > > > > add-in
: > > > > : > into Office?
: > > > > : >
: > > > > : > --
: > > > > : > Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: > > > > :
: > > > >
: > > > >
