PDF Maker Icon on Word Toolbar

Just moved from one PC to an upgrade. Also from Word 2000 and Adobe 5.0 to Word 2003 and Adobe 6.0. Which were preinstalled on this computer.

On the new Word toolbar there's no Adobe PDF Maker button. I'd gotten used to it and don't like going the Print-Select Adobe route.

I cannot find the PDFMaker.dot file anywhere on my C drive.

Should/must I reload Adobe?

Hi, TimSpeak. In Word, click on View | Toolbars. Is PDFMaker a choice, and is it checked? If not, click on Tools | Templates and Addins. Is PDFMaker.dot listed as a choice, and is it checked? If not, then reinstalling may fix the problem. You mention that both Acrobat 6.0 and Word 2003 were preinstalled, so you won't know which was installed first. Word must be installed before Acrobat in order for the Acrobat buttons to be installed into Word.


"TimSpeak" wrote:

Just moved from one PC to an upgrade. Also from Word 2000 and Adobe 5.0 to Word 2003 and Adobe 6.0. Which were preinstalled on this computer.

On the new Word toolbar there's no Adobe PDF Maker button. I'd gotten used to it and don't like going the Print-Select Adobe route.

I cannot find the PDFMaker.dot file anywhere on my C drive.

Should/must I reload Adobe?

I just accepted the newest update today and now my Acrobat icon's no longer show up. Should I now uninstall both acrobat and word and reinstall word and then acrobat?

I seem to have this problem with word only as the icon has always shown up in my excel program.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Hi, TimSpeak. In Word, click on View | Toolbars. Is PDFMaker a choice, and is it checked? If not, click on Tools | Templates and Addins. Is PDFMaker.dot listed as a choice, and is it checked? If not, then reinstalling may fix the problem. You mention that both Acrobat 6.0 and Word 2003 were preinstalled, so you won't know which was installed first. Word must be installed before Acrobat in order for the Acrobat buttons to be installed into Word.


"TimSpeak" wrote:

Just moved from one PC to an upgrade. Also from Word 2000 and Adobe 5.0 to Word 2003 and Adobe 6.0. Which were preinstalled on this computer.

On the new Word toolbar there's no Adobe PDF Maker button. I'd gotten used to it and don't like going the Print-Select Adobe route.

I cannot find the PDFMaker.dot file anywhere on my C drive.

Should/must I reload Adobe?

I have taken Adobe Acrobat training and the instructor there stated that
Acrobat must always be installed LAST for those icons to appear.
Any service packs this shouldn't be necessary but if Office was
reinstalled...or if Acrobat came PREinstalled and then Office was
installed...then Acrobat MUST be reinstalled to get the Icons on the office
toolbars again.

Dave French

"tassmand" wrote in message
...
I just accepted the newest update today and now my Acrobat icon's no
longer show up. Should I now uninstall both acrobat and word and reinstall
word and then acrobat?

I seem to have this problem with word only as the icon has always shown up
in my excel program.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Hi, TimSpeak. In Word, click on View | Toolbars. Is PDFMaker a choice,
and is it checked? If not, click on Tools | Templates and Addins. Is
PDFMaker.dot listed as a choice, and is it checked? If not, then
reinstalling may fix the problem. You mention that both Acrobat 6.0 and
Word 2003 were preinstalled, so you won't know which was installed first.
Word must be installed before Acrobat in order for the Acrobat buttons to be
installed into Word.


"TimSpeak" wrote:

Just moved from one PC to an upgrade. Also from Word 2000 and Adobe
5.0 to Word 2003 and Adobe 6.0. Which were preinstalled on this computer.

On the new Word toolbar there's no Adobe PDF Maker button. I'd gotten
used to it and don't like going the Print-Select Adobe route.

I cannot find the PDFMaker.dot file anywhere on my C drive.

Should/must I reload Adobe?

For the Adobe icons to appear in Word, the pdfmaker.dot add-in must be
installed in the correct Office startup folder. If Office/Word is installed
after Acrobat then this folder may not be present and thus the add-in not
installed. Locate the add-in in the Acrobat folder C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker and copy it to the correct folder, which
for Word 2003 is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP.

Only if the folder C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker does not
contain the add-in, should it be necessary to reinstall Acrobat.
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




David French wrote:
I have taken Adobe Acrobat training and the instructor there stated
that Acrobat must always be installed LAST for those icons to appear.
Any service packs this shouldn't be necessary but if Office was
reinstalled...or if Acrobat came PREinstalled and then Office was
installed...then Acrobat MUST be reinstalled to get the Icons on the
office toolbars again.

Dave French

"tassmand" wrote in message
...
I just accepted the newest update today and now my Acrobat icon's no
longer show up. Should I now uninstall both acrobat and word and
reinstall word and then acrobat?

I seem to have this problem with word only as the icon has always
shown up in my excel program.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Hi, TimSpeak. In Word, click on View | Toolbars. Is PDFMaker a
choice,
and is it checked? If not, click on Tools | Templates and Addins. Is
PDFMaker.dot listed as a choice, and is it checked? If not, then
reinstalling may fix the problem. You mention that both Acrobat 6.0
and Word 2003 were preinstalled, so you won't know which was
installed first. Word must be installed before Acrobat in order for
the Acrobat buttons to be installed into Word.


"TimSpeak" wrote:

Just moved from one PC to an upgrade. Also from Word 2000 and Adobe
5.0 to Word 2003 and Adobe 6.0. Which were preinstalled on this
computer.

On the new Word toolbar there's no Adobe PDF Maker button. I'd
gotten
used to it and don't like going the Print-Select Adobe route.

I cannot find the PDFMaker.dot file anywhere on my C drive.

Should/must I reload Adobe?

Ok, I looked for the PDFmaker file and it is in the word startup file.

I tried today to uninstall both the Acrobat and the woed and then reinstalled word first and then acrobat. I am still having the same problem (no acrobat icons in word).

This is very frustrating and it seems a fairly common problem. Why has microsoft not recognized this and done something about it. I hold microsoft responsible here because the acrobat icon is on my excel program and power point but not in the word program.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

For the Adobe icons to appear in Word, the pdfmaker.dot add-in must be
installed in the correct Office startup folder. If Office/Word is installed
after Acrobat then this folder may not be present and thus the add-in not
installed. Locate the add-in in the Acrobat folder C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker and copy it to the correct folder, which
for Word 2003 is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP.

Only if the folder C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker does not
contain the add-in, should it be necessary to reinstall Acrobat.
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




David French wrote:
I have taken Adobe Acrobat training and the instructor there stated
that Acrobat must always be installed LAST for those icons to appear.
Any service packs this shouldn't be necessary but if Office was
reinstalled...or if Acrobat came PREinstalled and then Office was
installed...then Acrobat MUST be reinstalled to get the Icons on the
office toolbars again.

Dave French

"tassmand" wrote in message
...
I just accepted the newest update today and now my Acrobat icon's no
longer show up. Should I now uninstall both acrobat and word and
reinstall word and then acrobat?

I seem to have this problem with word only as the icon has always
shown up in my excel program.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Hi, TimSpeak. In Word, click on View | Toolbars. Is PDFMaker a
choice,
and is it checked? If not, click on Tools | Templates and Addins. Is
PDFMaker.dot listed as a choice, and is it checked? If not, then
reinstalling may fix the problem. You mention that both Acrobat 6.0
and Word 2003 were preinstalled, so you won't know which was
installed first. Word must be installed before Acrobat in order for
the Acrobat buttons to be installed into Word.


"TimSpeak" wrote:

Just moved from one PC to an upgrade. Also from Word 2000 and Adobe
5.0 to Word 2003 and Adobe 6.0. Which were preinstalled on this
computer.

On the new Word toolbar there's no Adobe PDF Maker button. I'd
gotten
used to it and don't like going the Print-Select Adobe route.

I cannot find the PDFMaker.dot file anywhere on my C drive.

Should/must I reload Adobe?

If you wish to address you question to Microsoft then you should so so -
this is a public forum and not a Microsoft staffed help desk.

Microsoft has no control or responsibility for the production of (poor
quality) add-ins produced by third party suppliers - and that from Adobe is
badly written. However, the problem here remains that the add-in
(pdfmaker.dot) should be located in the OFFICE start-up folder and that must
be the correct Office folder for the Word version.

Check the macro security is set to trust all installed templates and
add-ins.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org





tassmand wrote:
Ok, I looked for the PDFmaker file and it is in the word startup file.

I tried today to uninstall both the Acrobat and the woed and then
reinstalled word first and then acrobat. I am still having the same
problem (no acrobat icons in word).

This is very frustrating and it seems a fairly common problem. Why
has microsoft not recognized this and done something about it. I hold
microsoft responsible here because the acrobat icon is on my excel
program and power point but not in the word program.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

For the Adobe icons to appear in Word, the pdfmaker.dot add-in must
be
installed in the correct Office startup folder. If Office/Word is
installed
after Acrobat then this folder may not be present and thus the
add-in not
installed. Locate the add-in in the Acrobat folder C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker and copy it to the correct folder,
which
for Word 2003 is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP.

Only if the folder C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker does
not
contain the add-in, should it be necessary to reinstall Acrobat.
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




David French wrote:
I have taken Adobe Acrobat training and the instructor there stated
that Acrobat must always be installed LAST for those icons to
appear.
Any service packs this shouldn't be necessary but if Office was
reinstalled...or if Acrobat came PREinstalled and then Office was
installed...then Acrobat MUST be reinstalled to get the Icons on the
office toolbars again.

Dave French

"tassmand" wrote in message
...
I just accepted the newest update today and now my Acrobat icon's
no
longer show up. Should I now uninstall both acrobat and word and
reinstall word and then acrobat?

I seem to have this problem with word only as the icon has always
shown up in my excel program.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Hi, TimSpeak. In Word, click on View | Toolbars. Is PDFMaker a
choice,
and is it checked? If not, click on Tools | Templates and Addins.
Is
PDFMaker.dot listed as a choice, and is it checked? If not, then
reinstalling may fix the problem. You mention that both Acrobat 6.0
and Word 2003 were preinstalled, so you won't know which was
installed first. Word must be installed before Acrobat in order for
the Acrobat buttons to be installed into Word.


"TimSpeak" wrote:

Just moved from one PC to an upgrade. Also from Word 2000 and
Adobe
5.0 to Word 2003 and Adobe 6.0. Which were preinstalled on this
computer.

On the new Word toolbar there's no Adobe PDF Maker button. I'd
gotten
used to it and don't like going the Print-Select Adobe route.

I cannot find the PDFMaker.dot file anywhere on my C drive.

Should/must I reload Adobe?

Thank you TimSpeak. I did find the templates and add ins area and checked all the boxes. When I clivked ok the icons appeared. Thank you very much again for your help.

Tassmand

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If you wish to address you question to Microsoft then you should so so -
this is a public forum and not a Microsoft staffed help desk.

Microsoft has no control or responsibility for the production of (poor
quality) add-ins produced by third party suppliers - and that from Adobe is
badly written. However, the problem here remains that the add-in
(pdfmaker.dot) should be located in the OFFICE start-up folder and that must
be the correct Office folder for the Word version.

Check the macro security is set to trust all installed templates and
add-ins.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org





tassmand wrote:
Ok, I looked for the PDFmaker file and it is in the word startup file.

I tried today to uninstall both the Acrobat and the woed and then
reinstalled word first and then acrobat. I am still having the same
problem (no acrobat icons in word).

This is very frustrating and it seems a fairly common problem. Why
has microsoft not recognized this and done something about it. I hold
microsoft responsible here because the acrobat icon is on my excel
program and power point but not in the word program.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

For the Adobe icons to appear in Word, the pdfmaker.dot add-in must
be
installed in the correct Office startup folder. If Office/Word is
installed
after Acrobat then this folder may not be present and thus the
add-in not
installed. Locate the add-in in the Acrobat folder C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker and copy it to the correct folder,
which
for Word 2003 is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP.

Only if the folder C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker does
not
contain the add-in, should it be necessary to reinstall Acrobat.
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




David French wrote:
I have taken Adobe Acrobat training and the instructor there stated
that Acrobat must always be installed LAST for those icons to
appear.
Any service packs this shouldn't be necessary but if Office was
reinstalled...or if Acrobat came PREinstalled and then Office was
installed...then Acrobat MUST be reinstalled to get the Icons on the
office toolbars again.

Dave French

"tassmand" wrote in message
...
I just accepted the newest update today and now my Acrobat icon's
no
longer show up. Should I now uninstall both acrobat and word and
reinstall word and then acrobat?

I seem to have this problem with word only as the icon has always
shown up in my excel program.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Hi, TimSpeak. In Word, click on View | Toolbars. Is PDFMaker a
choice,
and is it checked? If not, click on Tools | Templates and Addins.
Is
PDFMaker.dot listed as a choice, and is it checked? If not, then
reinstalling may fix the problem. You mention that both Acrobat 6.0
and Word 2003 were preinstalled, so you won't know which was
installed first. Word must be installed before Acrobat in order for
the Acrobat buttons to be installed into Word.


"TimSpeak" wrote:

Just moved from one PC to an upgrade. Also from Word 2000 and
Adobe
5.0 to Word 2003 and Adobe 6.0. Which were preinstalled on this
computer.

On the new Word toolbar there's no Adobe PDF Maker button. I'd
gotten
used to it and don't like going the Print-Select Adobe route.

I cannot find the PDFMaker.dot file anywhere on my C drive.

Should/must I reload Adobe?

Graham,

Sorry for my venting earlier on microsoft. I value the help of this group and will limit my comments in the future to only the matter at hand.

Thank you all again for your input. I am greatly relieved to have this solved.

Tassmand

"tassmand" wrote:

Thank you TimSpeak. I did find the templates and add ins area and checked all the boxes. When I clivked ok the icons appeared. Thank you very much again for your help.

Tassmand

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If you wish to address you question to Microsoft then you should so so -
this is a public forum and not a Microsoft staffed help desk.

Microsoft has no control or responsibility for the production of (poor
quality) add-ins produced by third party suppliers - and that from Adobe is
badly written. However, the problem here remains that the add-in
(pdfmaker.dot) should be located in the OFFICE start-up folder and that must
be the correct Office folder for the Word version.

Check the macro security is set to trust all installed templates and
add-ins.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org





tassmand wrote:
Ok, I looked for the PDFmaker file and it is in the word startup file.

I tried today to uninstall both the Acrobat and the woed and then
reinstalled word first and then acrobat. I am still having the same
problem (no acrobat icons in word).

This is very frustrating and it seems a fairly common problem. Why
has microsoft not recognized this and done something about it. I hold
microsoft responsible here because the acrobat icon is on my excel
program and power point but not in the word program.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

For the Adobe icons to appear in Word, the pdfmaker.dot add-in must
be
installed in the correct Office startup folder. If Office/Word is
installed
after Acrobat then this folder may not be present and thus the
add-in not
installed. Locate the add-in in the Acrobat folder C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker and copy it to the correct folder,
which
for Word 2003 is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP.

Only if the folder C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker does
not
contain the add-in, should it be necessary to reinstall Acrobat.
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




David French wrote:
I have taken Adobe Acrobat training and the instructor there stated
that Acrobat must always be installed LAST for those icons to
appear.
Any service packs this shouldn't be necessary but if Office was
reinstalled...or if Acrobat came PREinstalled and then Office was
installed...then Acrobat MUST be reinstalled to get the Icons on the
office toolbars again.

Dave French

"tassmand" wrote in message
...
I just accepted the newest update today and now my Acrobat icon's
no
longer show up. Should I now uninstall both acrobat and word and
reinstall word and then acrobat?

I seem to have this problem with word only as the icon has always
shown up in my excel program.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Hi, TimSpeak. In Word, click on View | Toolbars. Is PDFMaker a
choice,
and is it checked? If not, click on Tools | Templates and Addins.
Is
PDFMaker.dot listed as a choice, and is it checked? If not, then
reinstalling may fix the problem. You mention that both Acrobat 6.0
and Word 2003 were preinstalled, so you won't know which was
installed first. Word must be installed before Acrobat in order for
the Acrobat buttons to be installed into Word.


"TimSpeak" wrote:

Just moved from one PC to an upgrade. Also from Word 2000 and
Adobe
5.0 to Word 2003 and Adobe 6.0. Which were preinstalled on this
computer.

On the new Word toolbar there's no Adobe PDF Maker button. I'd
gotten
used to it and don't like going the Print-Select Adobe route.

I cannot find the PDFMaker.dot file anywhere on my C drive.

Should/must I reload Adobe?

You can vent all you like about Microsoft - but if you do it here you will
miss your target. Glad that the problem is resolved.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




tassmand wrote:
Graham,

Sorry for my venting earlier on microsoft. I value the help of this
group and will limit my comments in the future to only the matter at
hand.

Thank you all again for your input. I am greatly relieved to have
this solved.

Tassmand

"tassmand" wrote:

Thank you TimSpeak. I did find the templates and add ins area and
checked all the boxes. When I clivked ok the icons appeared. Thank
you very much again for your help.

Tassmand

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If you wish to address you question to Microsoft then you should so
so -
this is a public forum and not a Microsoft staffed help desk.

Microsoft has no control or responsibility for the production of
(poor
quality) add-ins produced by third party suppliers - and that from
Adobe is
badly written. However, the problem here remains that the add-in
(pdfmaker.dot) should be located in the OFFICE start-up folder and
that must
be the correct Office folder for the Word version.

Check the macro security is set to trust all installed templates and
add-ins.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org





tassmand wrote:
Ok, I looked for the PDFmaker file and it is in the word startup
file.

I tried today to uninstall both the Acrobat and the woed and then
reinstalled word first and then acrobat. I am still having the same
problem (no acrobat icons in word).

This is very frustrating and it seems a fairly common problem. Why
has microsoft not recognized this and done something about it. I
hold
microsoft responsible here because the acrobat icon is on my excel
program and power point but not in the word program.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

For the Adobe icons to appear in Word, the pdfmaker.dot add-in
must
be
installed in the correct Office startup folder. If Office/Word is
installed
after Acrobat then this folder may not be present and thus the
add-in not
installed. Locate the add-in in the Acrobat folder C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker and copy it to the correct
folder,
which
for Word 2003 is C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP.

Only if the folder C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\PDFMaker
does
not
contain the add-in, should it be necessary to reinstall Acrobat.
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




David French wrote:
I have taken Adobe Acrobat training and the instructor there
stated
that Acrobat must always be installed LAST for those icons to
appear.
Any service packs this shouldn't be necessary but if Office was
reinstalled...or if Acrobat came PREinstalled and then Office was
installed...then Acrobat MUST be reinstalled to get the Icons on
the
office toolbars again.

Dave French

"tassmand" wrote in message
...
I just accepted the newest update today and now my Acrobat
icon's
no
longer show up. Should I now uninstall both acrobat and word and
reinstall word and then acrobat?

I seem to have this problem with word only as the icon has
always
shown up in my excel program.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Hi, TimSpeak. In Word, click on View | Toolbars. Is PDFMaker
a
choice,
and is it checked? If not, click on Tools | Templates and
Addins.
Is
PDFMaker.dot listed as a choice, and is it checked? If not, then
reinstalling may fix the problem. You mention that both Acrobat
6.0
and Word 2003 were preinstalled, so you won't know which was
installed first. Word must be installed before Acrobat in order
for
the Acrobat buttons to be installed into Word.


"TimSpeak" wrote:

Just moved from one PC to an upgrade. Also from Word 2000 and
Adobe
5.0 to Word 2003 and Adobe 6.0. Which were preinstalled on this
computer.

On the new Word toolbar there's no Adobe PDF Maker button. I'd
gotten
used to it and don't like going the Print-Select Adobe route.

I cannot find the PDFMaker.dot file anywhere on my C drive.

Should/must I reload Adobe?