Why PDF Toolbar always now?

[kevs1]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

Now that I got Pro Version of Acrobat, I see PDF Toolbar always on launch.

In Startup folder I see this file: PDFMaker.xla

Can I safely delete it?
Why is Adobe doing this? unadked for. thanks.

Kevs

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

Now that I got Pro Version of Acrobat, I see PDF Toolbar always on launch.

In Startup folder I see this file: PDFMaker.xla

Can I safely delete it?
Why is Adobe doing this? unadked for. thanks.

See

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/pdftoolbar.html

I don't have a recent version of Acrobat, but I think I heard that
there's now a preference you can set to eliminate these toolbars.

 

[Phillip Jones]

I use to disable them by finding the PDFMaker file for word, Excel,
Power Point

then make empty Folders(directories) and name the exact name of the
appropriate file.

then replace the file with the folder named appropriately.

Then throw in Trash and empty the original files.

Both Office and Acrobat have a self heal feature and if either Office or
Acrobat detects them missing they will replace them.

However because of Mac OSX's UNIX underpinnings, UNIX doesn't allow the
replacement of a Folder or Directory with a file of the exact same name.

This will cure the problem until you install a new system or reinstall a
system at which time you have to repeat the procedure.

See

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/pdftoolbar.html

I don't have a recent version of Acrobat, but I think I heard that
there's now a preference you can set to eliminate these toolbars.

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[kevs1]

JE, thanks, I think that did it!

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I use to disable them by finding the PDFMaker file for word, Excel,
Power Point

then make empty Folders(directories) and name the exact name of the
appropriate file.

Which is exactly what the page I referred to recommends...

However, I haven't upgraded from Acrobat 6, so I don't know what current
versions' preferences allow.

 

[Phillip Jones]

in Acrobat 7 its the same.

In acrobat 8 if your still using Office2004 its still the same.

In 2008 however because there is no VBA its Moot point as the PDFMaker
is written using VBA and doesn't work anyway. Plus 2008 now has a menu
option to turn off or hide PDFMaker. You had the same on 2004 but you
could set till the cows come home but each time you closed off and
reopened it came Back. This time it sticks.

Which is exactly what the page I referred to recommends...

However, I haven't upgraded from Acrobat 6, so I don't know what current
versions' preferences allow.

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