Adobe Acrobat Toolbar within Word 2000

[Ken MacDonald]

Hi there,

This may seem minor, but when I downloaded Adobe Acrobat
6.0 last year, it also created a toolbar within Word 2000
which I am unable to remove. It looks like it has stored
the commands that activate the toolbar in the Macro
command, which I can't manage to change either. I un-
click it from the toolbars and even delete the bloody
thing, but next time I start Word, it reappears. I really
resent them deciding that I want their stuff on my
toolbars (there is already too much as it is) and then to
prevent its removal, really irks me. Anyone have a
solution?

Thanks, Ken MacDonald

 

[PTT, Inc.]

This is probably the Adobe PDF writer toolbar add-in. It is actually a
great tool for creating PDF files from your Word documents to distribute to
folks who might have Word, but if you want to remove it:

1. Click "Tools", "Options", "File Locations".
2. Highlight the "Startup" path and click the "Modify" button.
3. Click the dropdown arrow and note the entire path to this folder.
4. Open Windows Explorer and browse to that folder.
5. You probably have a file there called "pdfmaker.dot".
6. Delete it (or move it out of the folder to somewhere else in case you
want to use it later).

If the file is not in that folder (for some reason), do a File Search for
"*pdf*.dot". You should find the culprit file there.

If you have any problems or are not exactly sure, don't delete anything.
Post back and someone will assist you.

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks. I just used your directions to ADD the pdf
buttons to the toolbar. I've spent hours trying to
figure out why this customer's pdf buttons no longer
showed in Word.

Thanks again!!!

Mary Van Winkle