Create PDF Problem: "Additional files need to be installed" in Acrobat 7.0.8

[D_...@adobeforums.com]

In Adobe Acrobat 7.0.8 Professional the "Create PDF" button displays "From File" as a choice. However, when I select this and then try to create a PDF from a Word or Excel file I get this message:

"Additional files will need to be installed to create PDF from this file. Do you want to run the Acrobat Installer in repair mode?"

After running the Acrobat Installer" in repair mode and then re-starting the computer the same message appears.

On my computer I have: Windows XP with all of the updates; Adobe Acrobat 7.0.8; Adobe Distiller 7.0; Adobe Designer 7.0; Adobe ImageReady 7.0.1; Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1; Internet Explorer 7; and Microsoft Office XP with all of the updates.

Does anyone have a solution?

[Mar...@adobeforums.com]

Does anyone have a solution?

Open word and see if the Acrobat toolbar icons are there. If not, Word needs to be configured to allow the Acrobat add-ins to load.

[D_...@adobeforums.com]

Dear MarkATS,
Thank you for the reply. I tried it with the Acrobat add-ins installed on the Office programs. I can create a PDF when word is open through the Word add-in. However, I cannot create a PDF by using the "Create PDF" button and menue in Adobe Acrobat.

I want to be able to create a PDF through the Acrobat "Create PDF" menue only. I do not want the Acrobat add-ins to be loaded onto Office.

Thank you for your help.

[Mar...@adobeforums.com]

I want to be able to create a PDF through the Acrobat "Create PDF" menue
only. I do not want the Acrobat add-ins to be loaded onto Office.

They are tied together. You can't have one without the other.

[Michae...@adobeforums.com]

Does a PDF created by "Create PDF . . . From File . . ." differ in any
significant way from a PDF created the way God intended, i.e., by
printing to Acrobat Distiller (or whatever it is Adobe is calling it
this year)?

[Jon Bessant]

Create PDF will honour extra information such as links, email,
bookmarks, comments, document structure and accessibility features ...

Printing to Distiller destroys this information ...

Also - Acrobat 8 has new features through the CONVERT option such as
MailMerge ....

Jon

[D_...@adobeforums.com]

Dear Mark, Michael, and Jon,
Mark said: "They are tied together. You can't have one without the other." However, I was able to use the "Create PDF" menu in Acrobat to create PDFs from Office files when I was using Acrobat 7.0.5. This was without the Acrobat Add-ins for Office.

I updated to 7.0.7 and then to 7.0.8 because the Adobe website listed 7.0.8 as a "Critical Update".

I also received automatic updates for Windows XP (such as Internet Explorer 7) and updates for Office XP.

After these updates I experienced a lot of problems when using Word. The program would suddenly terminate and I also received Runtime errors: "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error!".

After I removed the Acrobat 7.0.8 Add-ins for Office I no longer had any problems. However, I could not create PDFs by using the Acrobat 7.0.8 "Create PDF" menu.

I have uninstalled 7.0.8 and reinstalled 7.0.5 without installing the Acrobat Add-ins for Office. I can now use the Acrobat 7.0.5 "Create PDF" menu to create PDFs from Office files.

Is there any way that I can install 7.0.8 and still use the "Create PDF" menu?
Thanks for your help!

[William_...@adobeforums.com]

I am surprised that it still works. That suggests you did not completely remove Acrobat. As I understand it, Acrobat simply calls the PDF Maker package to create the PDF. That is why folks have been saying they are tied together. It almost sounds that your question requires some testing or the experience of one of the programmers for Acrobat.