PDFMaker Add-in error in Word 2003. How to Update?
Getting error:
"MS Word detected a version of Adobe Acrobat PDFMaker known to cause instabilities in Word 2003...yadda yadda, dnload an update from Adobe...etc."
I believe that the PC in question was upgraded to Office 2003. It also has Photoshop 3.0, Photoshop 5.5/ Imageready 2.0, Photoshop 7.0 / Imageready 7.0, Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 seems to de removed, and it has Adobe Reader 6.0.
Every support article i read about this refers to Adobe Acrobat 5. And - to fix the problem I dnload the update to 5. But there is no "Acrobat" program on the PC. So what is the program that installed the PDF Maker? I was able to create a pdf by making a new document in Imageready 7.0 and saving it as a pdf. So is THAT what needs updating? Regardless, I tried the "update" selection in the Help menu of Imageready 7 and Photoshop 7. It shows an update (unrelated to pdfmaker it seems) but it can't be selected for download anyway.
If I go to Adobe's website and look for updates for PS 7.0 and IM 7.0 the updates either don't apply at all to this problem or there are no updates.
Also, for what it's worth, there is no "print to PDF" option in installed printers. I know they have created pdf's from Word docs in the past, but now there seems no way to do it.
Any ideas?
"MS Word detected a version of Adobe Acrobat PDFMaker known to cause instabilities in Word 2003...yadda yadda, dnload an update from Adobe...etc."
I believe that the PC in question was upgraded to Office 2003. It also has Photoshop 3.0, Photoshop 5.5/ Imageready 2.0, Photoshop 7.0 / Imageready 7.0, Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 seems to de removed, and it has Adobe Reader 6.0.
Every support article i read about this refers to Adobe Acrobat 5. And - to fix the problem I dnload the update to 5. But there is no "Acrobat" program on the PC. So what is the program that installed the PDF Maker? I was able to create a pdf by making a new document in Imageready 7.0 and saving it as a pdf. So is THAT what needs updating? Regardless, I tried the "update" selection in the Help menu of Imageready 7 and Photoshop 7. It shows an update (unrelated to pdfmaker it seems) but it can't be selected for download anyway.
If I go to Adobe's website and look for updates for PS 7.0 and IM 7.0 the updates either don't apply at all to this problem or there are no updates.
Also, for what it's worth, there is no "print to PDF" option in installed printers. I know they have created pdf's from Word docs in the past, but now there seems no way to do it.
Any ideas?
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Joanne M. Orzech
If I were you - I'd uninstall ImageReady completely and see if the problem still exists.
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Well, I never 'fixed' the problem, just worked around it. I renamed the dot file to disable it from starting in Word. Then I insalled the PDF995 program whic was a breeze and the browser ad is a small price for creating pdfs. I couldn't uninstall ImageReady separate from Photoshop, so I left is because the user doesn't have the install disk. Thanks for the assistance.
Thanks...
FYI - PFD995 can be used from just about any application - not just Word. Good luck!
FYI - PFD995 can be used from just about any application - not just Word. Good luck!