"Save as PDF" doesn't work in Office 2007

Hello!

Since I reinstalled Vista Home Premium on my notebook, I have an odd problem, and I thought maybe someone here can help me.

Neither Acrobat Professional 8 nor the MS "Save as PDF" plug-in work in Office 2007! I didn't have that problem in my previous install. Even reinstalling Office 2007, Acrobat and the plug-in doesn't work. They are in the system (the plug-in says during reinstall it's already installed), but they don't show up where they should. (Acrobat as part of the menus, the plug-in under "save as".)

Would be great if anyone knows what's the deal with this.

Thanks!

Matthias

 

Try using doPDF instead.

I don't know why it doesn't work, as I am using Office 07 and Save As PDF works here.

 

Hi!

Thanks for that advice, but a work-around like that is something I don't appreciate too much, since I have to have Acrobat Professional installed anyway, and I want it to work. And it's just odd that even the Microsoft plug-in doesn't work.

I just reinstalled everything with virus protection turned off, and still no progress.

I don't understand this.

Matthias

 

The same has happened to me!!
The "save as pdf" in Office 2007 has stopped working.

What I did was save as .docx (.doc ??) and then use Adobe 8 to convert the file from the normal Explorer.

 

I have Save As PDF working without Acrobat Professional installed. (Using PDF X-change Viewer Free BTW)

Maybe you want to try uninstall Acrobat Pro first?

 

Hi!

That seems to have helped indeed! The "Save as PDF"-plugin works now. But I do need Acrobat, and I did re-install it - the "Save as PDF"-plugin continues to work, but the Acrobat menu in word is still sadly missing

Matthias

 

Have you tried looking in the Office menu under add ins?
Maybe right click and try to configure it there.

(My OS & Word is in German, so I can't think of what to click on)+

But I'm thinking you may have disabled it by accident.

 

Reinstall Acrobat, and then reinstall the Save as XPS/PDF plugin. If that breaks the Acrobat plugin, then do a repair of your Acrobat install (which would have been the standard approach to solve this issue the first time around).

 

Hi!

Tried that. Didn't work. Acrobat seems to be on the system - it even shows up in active add-ins under options. It's just not where it belongs - above the ribbon next to "View".

I still have no clue why it behaves like this

Matthias

 

Acrobat has known issues with Vista and Office 2007 (especially in x64). I convert a lot of files to PDF, and personally, I find the Microsoft plugin MUCH better than Acrobat.

Acrobat's plugin runs through office automation, which is time consuming and not always accurate. The Microsoft plugin is blazing fast (compared to Acrobat). You can adjust a number of options by clicking on a link on the export.

I would recommend, at the least, downloading the latest Acrobat updates, and maybe even trying version 9.

 

I just opened a Word document (.docx) and saved it as a PDF and then opened the PDF in Acrobat Reader. Office 2007, Vista Home Premium (SP1), Adobe Reader 9, Microsoft Save-As Plug-in.